Hi, yup the cap nut is tightened down snug. I can still rotate the transducer a wee bit, just as much as the key-cutaway allows, that will vary the amount of water getting in by a bit. It doesn't exactly "jiggle" but I can push down on it, which seems weird to me, it moves a millimetre or two when pushed down. Not really anymore now that the larger o-ring and plumbers tape is in there. Again, the cap nut is locked down. I didn't look at the attachment because I had the instructions in front of me the whole time I installed the thing .. I can see the cutaway drawing in my head I looked at it so much :)
Loosening the lock nut is a no go at this point because it will take tools to do it. It is stuck on good! I'm wary of applying that much torque to the thing it being in this compromised state already. If it cracks I'm in big trouble the boat being in the water and everything. RE: slings. With all the travellifts being busy launching boats they can't let me sit in the slings. They can put me down on jack stands but then I'm paying for haul, launch and storage. I was quoted $450 at one place... "or more depending on time". I have to pull out the old thru-hull and install a new one and let the sealant cure so the boat will be out of the water at best 12 hours, at worst .. I don't even know. Then there's the possibility that it leaks again for some reason when it goes back in. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Chris Price <iceboa...@comcast.net> wrote: > Would the yard let you sit in the slings while you change it out, and, if > necessary, haul you out? If not necessary, no harm done. > > Chris Price > Pradel > 35 Mk I > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Stevan Plavsa" <stevanpla...@gmail.com> > *To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Sent: *Thursday, May 9, 2013 11:59:16 AM > *Subject: *Re: Stus-List Raymarine plastic thru hulls - had a leak > > > I tried backing off the nut but it's stuck .. some sealant got into the > threads. Now, I could loosen it, but I'm concerned about applying much > force to that thru-hull with the boat in the water. If I crack the > thru-hull now I'm in trouble. > > Plastic. * exaggerated eye roll* > > I am indeed on a mooring without a charger and that's why I'm weighing > this ... it's either a haul and new thru-hull or a solar charging system. > Jeez when someone said the boat was only the cost of admission they > weren't kidding! > It's been an expensive spring what with a new sail and everything else. I > also bought an old mercedes wagon that requires some $love$. It's C&C > related because I bought the thing to haul cushions to and from my boat in > the winter and spring :D > > I've been leaning towards a haul this whole time so that's probably what's > going to have to happen. Dammit. The bronze thru-hull is 155 plus shipping > etc. > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Alan Bergen <alan-at-h...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> Try backing off the nut that holds the housing in place. >> >> Alan Bergen >> C&C 35 Mk III Thirsty >> Rose City YC >> Portland, OR >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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