Recent content by BB-marine

Your plumbing is my plan B. I have followed the plumbing route using port side. it is a bit tight because I have to go over the tank but doable. It is an easier run for exchanger hoses but requires plumbing changes. Thank you.

Great information to consider. I was not aware of heater elevation requirements. The water heater is lower than the engine's coolant pressure cap. I purchased two isolation valves from Mack boring that are specific to Yanmar 4LHA engines. Core plugs are removed from the block and valves...

In full agreement of a type of isolation between the engine and water heater exchanger components. In past boats I installed isolation valves at the engine. The isolation ball valves serve two purposes. (1) If there is a failed component or leak in the system the valves are closed. Fails remain...

You would think there would be. The Pilot 34 that I have has two runs for wires, cables, water lines, waste hose. Starboard side over the tank, Port side over the tank. There is a solid bulkhead just forward of the fuel tank. With no pass throughs to my knowledge. Reason for me posting this...

I really like the Pilot 34. We have about 6500 miles of cruising under the keel of our Pilot. We have been in some choppy and disturbed water a few times. When the wind is up and the waves are 2' we have a lot of spray coming over the bow. We have water coming over when we are in big stuff but I...

You have the same set up as I do. Solid bulkhead center bilge. There is a dedicated bilge pump for the forward bilge. Mainship kept the engine compartment sealed between the living quarters and engines. That would have been an easy run. I may remove the dinette back cushion starboard side. This...

That would be an easy task if I did not have a 250 gallon fuel tank in front of the bulkhead. The fuel tank spans beam to beam. There is a cable run on the starboard side top of the tank. A hose run port side top of the tank. Theses runs are full and there is limited space for two 3/4" heater...

Where is the water heater and where are the hoses run to get to the heater?

No hot water lines past the head. There is a cold water line for wash down in the cockpit. I have the plan that you suggested as plan B. My hope was to find a Pilot owner that has the exchanger in use at the original hot water tank location. There is a Mainship pilot owner that claims he did...

Yes the option to move the water heater into engine compartment will work. There is plenty of room for it . The fuel tank is forward so there is 30" between the engine and the hull both sides. Working on the engines in this boat is a breeze. I installed a 20 gallon water tank on the outboard...

I have a 34' 2002 pilot. The hot water heater is located under the forward Dinette seat. Mainship did not utilize the tank het exchanger. The only resource for hot water is 120V power. We like to anchor more than stay at marinas. I'm not a fan of cold showers. We did the Loop last year with this...

I replaced both elbows with cast stainless steel as part of my refit. The cast iron elbows were still usable but I did not trust them based on Yanmars track record. Again this is what I call marine age and preventative maintenance. I did replace all raw water hoses except for exhaust hoses. When...

The Yanmar manual states 250 hours or 12 months. For the average boater every 12 months normally works. There are two ways of doing preventative maintenance hourly or marine age which normally is by years in service. Example 1000 hour service does not mean you wait until the engine has 1000...

I run the 2200w Honda in the cockpit with cockpit door open and exhaust side of generator is even with cockpit door opening. The generator did shut down one time when the cockpit door was not properly latched open. A wake caused the door to swing closed and the generator shut down on Detected...

The Jabsco accumulator in my 34 Pilot has been giving us problems I just found out. We have noticed the pump pulsing more and slightly louder. We also hear the pump cycle 1 second once or twice a day. I checked all water per fittings for a slight leak and found nothing. I ran my hand around the...