boughtabouy
New Member
- Jun 6, 2008
- 434
- Boat Info
- Sea Ray 36 SD/Caribe DL12
- Engines
- Twin 496, 8.1 Horizon/Yamaha 40HP
Well, I FINALLY dove in and hooked up freshwater flush kits on the mains, after 4 years of thinking about it. Here they are:
And in action:
Not quite as fancy as the nice manifold systems I've seen here, but they seem to work.
I screwed up on the first flush, and hooked up a new hose full of air, turned the water on, opened the valve, and pumped a bunch of air into the system. Not sure if that will cause me any problems, but I know what to do going forward. The engine did seem to run a little rougher after that stunt.
We have very good water pressure at the dock and I'm hoping the pressure isn't too much, where it would overpower the impeller. I don't think that's possible, but I'm still a little bit rookie. I do keep the through hulls open, so in theory the excess flow should exit there. Just a little nervous about making very expensive mistakes.
I'm glad I finally jumped in and set this up. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. The toughest part was getting the hoses off the existing fittings. They are pretty rigid.
Found a good source for fittings down the road from us.
http://www.downwindmarine.com/Fittings-amp-Tubing-p-1-c-400.html
Anything look "wrong" to anyone, besides the brass ball valves that I'll be switching out?
Generator and AC are next.
Kevin
And in action:
Not quite as fancy as the nice manifold systems I've seen here, but they seem to work.
I screwed up on the first flush, and hooked up a new hose full of air, turned the water on, opened the valve, and pumped a bunch of air into the system. Not sure if that will cause me any problems, but I know what to do going forward. The engine did seem to run a little rougher after that stunt.
We have very good water pressure at the dock and I'm hoping the pressure isn't too much, where it would overpower the impeller. I don't think that's possible, but I'm still a little bit rookie. I do keep the through hulls open, so in theory the excess flow should exit there. Just a little nervous about making very expensive mistakes.
I'm glad I finally jumped in and set this up. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. The toughest part was getting the hoses off the existing fittings. They are pretty rigid.
Found a good source for fittings down the road from us.
http://www.downwindmarine.com/Fittings-amp-Tubing-p-1-c-400.html
Anything look "wrong" to anyone, besides the brass ball valves that I'll be switching out?
Generator and AC are next.
Kevin
