Passage 42 aft tub drain

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Feb 22, 2012
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Hunter 42 KEY WEST, FL
We've owned and loved our Passage 42 since it was built. But the drain in the "tub" hasn't worked properly for years! Has anyone had success replacing it? It seems impossible to get to.

Thanks in advance.
 

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Sep 25, 2008
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boatless rainbow Callao, VA
on the 1991 it was all but impossible... I was able to reach it from the aft cabin after taking out the batteries, and moving almost all the plumbing not related to the tub drain...I then ran a snake down the drain and could hear it in the hose. I cut the hose as it entered the engine room, and then tied and secured the "new" hose to the old one, which in my boat dumped into the shower sump box at the base of the stairs...

then went back to the aft head and spliced the new hose to the old hose....I did not see how you could replace the drain itself, unless you unscrewed the strainer and the "whole" assembly came out in one piece...you would then prefab, sting mount a gasket and reverse the process, add some plumbers putty to the strainer and put it back together.

I was not brave enough to attempt that, as it was pure speculation and the folks at Hunter had no firm info one way or another.

BTW, if you do this, take the time to service, inspect and reclamp the vacuum breaks and cockpit scupper hoses, work the thru hulls...as all of that is impossible to reach without taking the batteries and boxes out.

Pays to be thin, or con one of the kids in to helping...
 
Jan 22, 2008
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Hunter Passage 42 Parks AZ
Sorry to offend if you have already done this but have you dug all the hair out of the drain with a hooked wire? We have to do this each month.
 
Oct 1, 2007
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Boston Whaler Super Sport Pt. Judith
We've owned and loved our Passage 42 since it was built. But the drain in the "tub" hasn't worked properly for years! Has anyone had success replacing it? It seems impossible to get to.

Thanks in advance.
Try taking the dock fresh water hose with pressure and just blast it into the drain full force. I do mine on my 44DS every couple of weeks. This keeps the drain and line clear.
 
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