Port seacock needs a handle

[QT1]

I dont know why I haven't posted this subject before: the seacock on the port side is missing the handle. I have been using a screw driver to open and close it. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Might also consider any info leading to replacement for the unit.

 

[fwebster]

Is this what your seacock looks like?




If it is this type, it is a Groco SV-1250. The handle part number is SV-1256A and, since this seacock design has been out of production about 25 years, about the only source is going to be Groco.....410-604-3800.

But, I think this is just a threaded rod with a plastic handle on it so it souldn't be hard to get one made at a local machine shop. If your boat is out of the water, take the seacock apart and remove the tapered rubber plug in the center and take it with you.

 

[QT1]

I think you just hit the nail on the head! I will call them. Thanks!

 

[QT1]

OMG! Groco had the handle and it was only $7.00!! Thanks again fwebster!

 

[fwebster]

I have no explanation, but almost daily I can't find my cell phone, yet I can remember some obscure fact about a boat I was on 25 years ago.

Now, I gotta go find my phone............

 

[QT1]

Don't worry buddy, i have been there!

 

[QT1]

Well, when I went to order the handle Today they called me back and say the part was no longer available, so I will take the one in place to a CNC shop and have one made.

 

[QT1]

Still, thanks a bunch fwebster!

 

[fwebster]

Here is another possible approach. This site:

https://www.boltdepot.com/Carriage_bolts_Silicon_bronze_5_16-18.aspx

shows bronze bolts of various diameter, thread and length. If you can determine the thread used in the seacock stem by putting a known sized nut on the seacock handle you do have, then but a bolt and cut the head off, cut it to the correct length maybe cut the excess threadedpart off, and you have a new handle.

 

[QT1]

Sounds like a great idea!