I need to replace mi as well on my 30 MK1 . What kind of hose do I use?
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Robert Abbott <robertabb...@eastlink.ca>wrote: > Gary: > > What's your boat? > > Mine is a 32 and I did not have to crawl under the cockpit sole.....I did > have to get into the engine compartment via the port lazarette to access > the muffler connection and push the new hose back alongside the starboard > hull to the transom where it loops up and goes down to the thru hull. I > had to take the propane locker out to access that thru hull. > > If it starts leaking, you have no choice but to replace it. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > > > > On 2014/01/24 8:36 PM, ahycr...@cox.net wrote: > >> Rob >> Yes I am talking about the hose from the muffler to the stern and >> that is my next project. I just can't see how I can get all the way to the >> back of the boat under the cockpit sole . I think it is just to small for >> me to wiggle al the way back there to undo it from the fitting. As for the >> hose, this stuff is probably original making is 37 years old. If I use the >> same stuff and it only lasts 30 years this time well I'll be 93 years old. >> Every hose I have will probably be broken. >> >> Gary >> >> ---- Robert Abbott <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> wrote: >> >>> Gary: >>> >>> Are you talking about your exhaust hose from the muffler back? If it is >>> that old, it would be worth changing. Mine was probably original, 1984, >>> probably 26 years old when it just showed signs of leaking from the >>> inside out. A little seawater won't matter, but CO would be problematic >>> when motoring. >>> >>> You should have, at the very least, marine grade exhaust hose, better >>> yet a marine grade hard walled hose. The 'hard walled hose' is for a >>> good reason.....it won't collapse. That's what I used. >>> >>> I replaced mine before I had the problem. >>> >>> Rob Abbott >>> AZURA >>> C&C 32 - 84 >>> Halifax, N.S. >>> >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -- *At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.- Robin Lee Graham*
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