Rich:
I did that also, beveled the inside of the hose with a box cutter. The
hose is a hard-walled, marine exhaust hose with a wire
lining.....extremely stiff. The lip on the mixing elbow is the
challenge....because of where it is with me lying on my left side inside
the engine compartment, I don't have enough leverage to push the hose
over the lip. The other end slides on the new muffler with little effort.
There's no way I could use an angle grinder down there to take the 'lip'
off.....I need the use of two hands to use the grinder
properly/safely.....I can't position myself with the room, or lack
thereof, to do that. I have a hot water tank in the port lazarette that
further restricts the access to the engine compartment.
The idea of a 'tail pipe expander' might be the solution....it's only
$20....after what I went through yesterday and the way parts of my body
feel today, I would gladly pay another $20 to bring this boat project to
a conclusion.
Bob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2013/04/11 6:21 AM, Knowles Rich wrote:
Bob, if you clamp that properly with two good quality clamps, it will never
slip off. Also, did you try taking a box cutter and bevelling the inside of the
rubber hose a bit?
Rich Knowles
Indigo. LF38
Halifax
On 2013-04-10, at 22:27, Robert Abbott <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> wrote:
Dwight:
Tried both ends first with liquid detergent, heat gun, hot water, all at
once......I wasn't kidding when I said who has got an innovative idea.
Haven't been past yours and Rich's yet but Rich has an idea, angle grid the lip
off the mixing elbow.....the reason the lip is on it is to accidentally prevent
the hose from slipping off.....a safety thing....well let me assure everyone,
when I get it on, it ain't accidentally coming off.
Bob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2013/04/10 7:34 PM, dwight veinot wrote:
Robert
Did you try taking it off the muffler end and attaching to mixing elbow end
first, still using detergent, heat etc.
Dwight Veinot
C&C 35 MKII, Alianna
Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
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Background on the question......replaced the muffler and mixing elbow
today.....first time for me doing this job, second time for my mentor
who assisted....he was the more experienced at these tasks, thank
god....got to the last part of the job and ran into the old saying,
there are no easy jobs..... couldn't get the 2" hose to the muffler on
the mixing elbow end ....the mixing elbow has a small 'lip' that is the
challenge.....went on easy over the lip on the new Vernalift
muffler....worked on it until I called quit.....put on liquid dish
detergent .... heat gun .....put the hose in hot water....close but
close doesn't count....can't get enough leverage to push it up over the
lip of the mixing elbow....really frustrating.
Before someone says do you have the correct hose size....yes...2" hard
wall marine hose came off..... the same is going on.....I had to cut the
old one off on the mixing elbow side.
A smart guy, which I wasn't today, would have put the mixing elbow side
hose on in the vice grip on the work bench and not when you are on your
side in the engine compartment with little to no leverage. Mixing elbow
is not coming off going back to the workbench to get his hose on even if
I have to go to a slightly bigger hose.
I need some really innovative ideas to stretch the 2" hose to get it
over the end of the mixing elbow. Don't tell me to use soap, heat,
hot water.....tried all of those today.....I need a really innovative
solution...
There is no problem that can't be overcome......help me please!
Bob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
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