Head question for 1985 sundancer 260

[LakerMatt]

Hi All, I am getting ready to look for a new toilet for the bathroom of this boat, and need some advice. I believe the original toilet that came with the boat was a portable type "port a potty" and I was looking at an electric type head that has a macerator and electric flushout? I am new to all this, and didn't have a toilet to begin with when I purchased it. I doesn't look like there is any type of plumbing to connect to for the waste portion or the freshwater system. has anyone ever changed out the porta potty type toilet for a nice electric unit on this year boat?

 

[Ten Years Gone]

Hi Matt...btw, I've PM'd you on the other issue.

Regarding this post...you are correct. If you do not see evidence of existing plumbing in the head, your boat came with the standard port-o-pottie. It would be crazy expensive to retrofit your boat with all of the necessary plumbing fixtures to get a "factory" vacu-flush or macerator style toilet installed. I doubt anyone here has ever done that successfully. I personally would not recommend you try, but it would be interesting to see it done. My boat (little sister to yours) came with the option of dockside flushing/pumping of the p-o-p, which is a nice touch if you don't want to manually heave the thing in and out of the head every weekend. That may be a less expensive option for you, than a complete re-fit.

As a side note...I hope you have factory a/c and heat, because I don't and looked into an aftermarket installation. It was out of the question expensive. But then again, I am boat poor! :grin:

Good luck!

P.S. Vintage Sea Rays are the best! :smt038