Excellent video. Highly confidence building. Thank you. My Marelon sea cocks (total of six on my C36) are very hard to operate now after about 10 years, half in salt water and half fresh water. They require lots of muscle. Probably barnacles causing the resistance, but I wonder how I might 'loosen' them up. Or at this point would they be worth replacing? When the boat goes on the hard next year for bottom paint is there any maintenance I can do to them to bring them back to near-new condition?
Yes the Groco flanged adapter passed. Unfortunately I did not hit the record button like I thought I had and ruined the flanged adapter without capturing it on film. Doh'! I paid for this adapter out of my own pocket so never got around to doing it again.
Excellent video. Highly confidence building. Thank you.
My Marelon sea cocks (total of six on my C36) are very hard to operate now after about 10 years, half in salt water and half fresh water. They require lots of muscle. Probably barnacles causing the resistance, but I wonder how I might 'loosen' them up. Or at this point would they be worth replacing? When the boat goes on the hard next year for bottom paint is there any maintenance I can do to them to bring them back to near-new condition?
Yes the Groco flanged adapter passed. Unfortunately I did not hit the record button like I thought I had and ruined the flanged adapter without capturing it on film. Doh'! I paid for this adapter out of my own pocket so never got around to doing it again.
So then, where can non-oem type people purchase the extra heavy wall thru hull fittings?
@ 4:00 you show a failed Groco IBVF adapter.
Is there a video for this test ? Did it pass ?