markpj23
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2021
- Messages
- 197
- Vessel Name
- Black Horse
- Vessel Make
- Med Yachts 62
I'm reminded that a 20 minute job is just one broken bolt away from becoming a multi-day disaster...
Time for a little maintenance today - cleaning strainers since I'm not sure when they were last done on our new-to-us boat. One of the main engine cooling seacocks worked fine - a little stiff but no problems. The other one, of course, was a different story.
I know not to beat on these things, and to work them back & forth as you get them through their full range of motion. I was nearly to the point where it was completely closed when the handle just came off in my hand Looks like somebody beat on this thing at some point during its life.
No leakage but now I have a main engine cooling seacock that is maybe 10% open at best.
Seacock is a Groco 4" unit - IBV-4000 by the casting. Has a nut and lockwasher that holds the handle on. The nut does not move with the handle, so it's not as simple as putting a wrench on the nut.
Can I remove the nut and take the handle from the other seacock to at least get this one open again? Or will that be a 'water world' experience?
Time for a little maintenance today - cleaning strainers since I'm not sure when they were last done on our new-to-us boat. One of the main engine cooling seacocks worked fine - a little stiff but no problems. The other one, of course, was a different story.
I know not to beat on these things, and to work them back & forth as you get them through their full range of motion. I was nearly to the point where it was completely closed when the handle just came off in my hand Looks like somebody beat on this thing at some point during its life.
No leakage but now I have a main engine cooling seacock that is maybe 10% open at best.
Seacock is a Groco 4" unit - IBV-4000 by the casting. Has a nut and lockwasher that holds the handle on. The nut does not move with the handle, so it's not as simple as putting a wrench on the nut.
Can I remove the nut and take the handle from the other seacock to at least get this one open again? Or will that be a 'water world' experience?