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[Jon Wallace]

Yes, that one plan in particular is pretty nasty.  It's a Crane 8B3, not 
883.  The exact wording is as follows:

Crane 8B3 Seal (see Crane DWG CF-SP-44204)
or US Seal PS 309 (see DWG K350-025-3)

The 600 required the same seal (8B3) but they are not manufactured 
anymore.  I contacted Crane back when I removed the K600 motors because 
it was pretty obvious they were going to have to be replaced and they 
were more than willing to manufacture an exact duplicate for $1800 per 
seal.  The replacement is an 8-1 which was going to cost $1000 per 
seal.  That's one reason I scrapped the existing motor configuration and 
decided on fixed minn-kota thrusters.  I purchased four 101# thrust 
minn-kotas for less than the price of one Crane mechanical seal.

You have another option with the K350 however, US Seal PS-309 (150psi) 
and they are cheap, between $50-100.
http://www.*usseal*mfg.com/pdfs/*US*_*Seal*_Mfg_Catalog_2012.pdf
I couldn't use the 309 because I needed a rating of 300+ psi but the 309 
at 150psi will theoretically get you close to max dive depth.

Jon


On 9/10/2013 2:33 PM, swaters wrote:
> It is a type 883, .875 shaft seal -J CRANE Packing Co.
> I think that is right but the kitteredge blue prints are so hard to 
> read after being copied over and over.
> Thanks,
> Scott Waters
>

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