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AS OF TODAY, BETH & I ARE THE PROUD NEW OWNERS OF "INVICTUS" A 1981 E-28+.:egrin: WE SPENT THE DAY ON BOARD CLEANING & MAKING MINOR REPAIRS AFTER SHE SPENT THE LAST 1 1/2 YEARS ON THE HARD. THERE IS A CHECK VALVE IN THE EXHAUST BETWEEN THE DIESEL ENGINE AND THE MUFFLER. THE SURVEYOR SAID THIS IS...

I recently removed the original waste outlet through-hull. It is is 1-1/4 inches. The norm, I believe, is 1-1/2 inches. At any rate, on my boat someone in the past used a reducing coupling to join the toilet's 1-1/2 waste hose to the 1-1/4 valve on the 1-1/4 through-hull. Not sure why they would...

Spotted this today on Criags list. I have not interest bust seem like a good deal http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/boa/1715900778.html

Hi, I am trying to ensure that I am doing all the maintenance needed to maintain my Universal 5416 diesel engine. The engine has 875 hours on it, but it was rebuilt at about 250 hours due to a major overheating by a previous owner. I have had it since 570 hours, and have been religious...

Marelon Ball Valves Something amazing today. While removing 2 Marelon Valves in our 1986 E32-3 they BOTH EASILY UNSCREWED! The new Marelon valves say to use teflon tape for thread sealant but before I do that I would like to know what Ericson used. Whatever it was held leak tight for 23 years...

Recently the water intake valve began leaking water into bowl. Must now shut off main valve to keep water out. Anyone have a clue as to make and model of this year boats head? Suggestions on replacing/repairing valve?

Had a brain storm idea to clean the inside of the E29 in a new way that would avoid the fuss and time consumption of vacuuming etc. Remove throw rug and cushions and hose down the inside with soft scrub (bleach) and water. Purposely filled the bilge, then went to manually pump the bilge, which...

My Universal 25xp has a tee off the hose from the heat exchanger to the exhaust system. It's slung from the top of the engine compartment. The hose from the T runs back to the exhaust port in the hull. Does anyone know what this is for? how is works?

Hi All, The valves on our Princess stove are becoming problematic (1986 E35). Most of the time they work just fine, then all of a sudden you can't turn them at all - often when the burner is on - my wife will call me to fix it & I sometimes have to play with it for 2 or 3 minutes to get it...

This weekend I was in the process of wrapping up a long & tedious series of projects. The last of these was changing hoses to the engine (Universal M25). Upon completion, I turned the marelon ball valve for the seawater inlet. It resisted, then gave way & seemed to turn too easily. The shaft to...

:0305_alar For several years I have been vexed by a problem with my Yanmar. When forced to motor the thing will start and purr like a kitten. It will run at cruising speed for about 2.5 hrs. then suddenly it drops to an idle. After about 5 to 10 seconds it revs back up to cruising speed and...

My through hulls are fine- 2 out of 3 older gate valves (none of which I ever use) are fully closed- But apparently the 1 1/4" head intake gate valve (I've pulled the head out) has a slow leak- I have tightened her all the way she is going to go- The question I guess is, what's the...

Hopefully, I just ran out of fuel yesterday after putting the mast on my boat. When I had the fuel polished in Alameda, the guy told me he thought the tank was full....Hopefully he was wrong. We left the boom area and were heading back when I dropped by the guest dock at west marine. I left...

Ericson gang: After some prompting by members of this email list, I decided to complete a long-overdue valve adjustment on our Universal diesel. Along the way, I picked up a few bits of engine lore, reported below for the benefit of other weekend tinkerers. We have a Universal M25XP...

The handle on our galley sink drain sheared from the ball, and Forespar was kind enough to sell me a replacement at cost (it's Marelon), so now I need to replace the valve. The rep said to use a bedding compound on the threads rather than teflon tape, but didn't say to use anything in...

I just discovered that the only gate valve on my 1973 E-32 which was not replaced by a PO was the head discharge outlet. Can anyone tell me the size ball valve I'll need to replace it, and whether I can just unscrew the gate valve and put a new threaded ball valve onto the thru-full fitting? I...

I have to replace one of my cockpit drain 1 1/4 marelon ball valve atached to a thru-hull. I found a stainless steel ball valve, which seems to be very good. my question is: could I use the stainless steel valve on a brass thru hull or will that cause galvanic corrosion???