The bilge hose on my 2005 Harbor 20 is brittle (CAP+years of heat and cold) and I’ve had to replace several sections close to the pump. I’m thinking, though, that I need to just replace the entire line from pump to transom discharge, so I have two questions:
1. Any recommendations for a specific sturdy hose that will last for the foreseeable future?
2. Once the hose leaves the port locker, it disappears until it reaches the lazarette. It appears the only access to the hidden section would be by removing the bulkhead in the lazarette. Has anyone experienced doing that or did you just try to snake through a new one?
I’m not sure how hard removing the bulkhead would be or whether that would be easier than snaking the new hose (either by attaching it to the old hose, which might break because of its brittleness, or using a snaking tool, secured to the inside of the new tool somehow). Thanks! - Rob
1. Any recommendations for a specific sturdy hose that will last for the foreseeable future?
2. Once the hose leaves the port locker, it disappears until it reaches the lazarette. It appears the only access to the hidden section would be by removing the bulkhead in the lazarette. Has anyone experienced doing that or did you just try to snake through a new one?
I’m not sure how hard removing the bulkhead would be or whether that would be easier than snaking the new hose (either by attaching it to the old hose, which might break because of its brittleness, or using a snaking tool, secured to the inside of the new tool somehow). Thanks! - Rob