Water Manifold Connections

[Stray Cat]

What are the fittings SR uses on water connections these days?

I wanted to make a jumper for my waterheater during winterization. The connection is made by threading on a "winged" collar to the connection on the manifold and other water connections.

It would be nice to know what will cap the manifold off just in case...

Jeff

 

[Dave S]

The ones on my 2006 260DA are 3/4 inch pipe fittings. I have three of my lines capped off for winter and found some niice knurled ones at Home Depot that you can tighten by hand. I also had to use teflon tape to keep them from leaking.

One word of caution on the water heater. Because those are brass nipples comming out of the water heater, Sea Ray installs a special tapered nylon washer that provides the mating surface to the brass nipple and the knurled fittings/washers on the hoses. If you remove those hoses you will have a leak that you cannot stop........I know...it happened to me. Both of mine were leaking at the fitting because of those nylon washers and the only way to devise a permanent solution was to install a brass adapter fitting with a male hose adapter and then cut the knurled fitting off the plastic pipe and slide them on the new adapters and use SS clamps to tighten the hoses (don't forget to use teflon tape too on the sleeves).

 

[Stray Cat]

Thanks Dave :thumbsup: I suspected they were pipe thread. I'm certain your water manifold is similar. I miss the push-to-connect and release style they used on my 270.

I may convert my water heater over to p-t-c style fittings next spring. I think the tube sizes are still 15mm. It would just make it easier to place a jumper in when winterizing. I just hate tearing into something new, plus my water heater is a bitch to get at.