Replacing the Wet Exhaust Hose

[sailcapt340]

If you have a tough time getting the hose on a fitting, use some hand sanitizer. It will evaporate when you're done installing. I've used soap, grease, even picked up some conduit lubricant but those all leave something behind

Others have cautioned me on using grease and lubricants as well for the same reasons you state. Saying they can fuse the hose to fittings when they need replacing again in the future. Making it a much more difficult job later.
I don’t “think“ getting the new hose back on the fittings will be a real hard issue, given that they did slide off easily by hand. And all the fittings still have a slick feel to them if you touch them.
Except the mixing elbow that needed a little persuasion with my oil filter wrench.

I’ll try dry fitting them first and see how that goes. If not, your hand sanitizer or plain water seems like the best way to go.
Thanks for the advice.

 

[sailcapt340]

I completed the new install this morning. The hand sanitizer did the trick.
No issues fitting the new hose onto the fittings. The loop in the locker area was a challenge, tucking it in and under but once formed it all went into place.
Thank you all for the great advice and guidance.

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

Is your exhaust slightly below the water line ? I've got the same arrangement.

 

[sailcapt340]

Is your exhaust slightly below the water line ? I've got the same arrangement.

Yes Ralph, exactly the same as yours. Just below the waterline.


Glad I got this done. And very thankful for the easy slide back on also….. That’s a deep locker when you have to reach all the way to the bottom.

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

That’s a deep locker when you have to reach all the way to the bottom.

Reach ? ? ? ?

I've lived down there for the last year replacing the Espar diesel heater and redoing a bunch of messy electrical work courtesy of Hunter or maybe it's just my OCD kicking in but it's been long freezing/overheated existence down there.

Think it "looks bad" down there ? It's 20X worse "being" down there. Like an Egyptian mummy's coffin. And much of the time you're limited to working with one hand because it's so cramped. For a while I considered cutting out the rear bulkhead in the aft sleeping quarters but turned it down because of the replacement problems. All of this mess was installed before the cabin was dropped onto the hull.

The work is a living hell but the ecstacy is mind blowing to see it come out better than the factory install.

 

[sailcapt340]

Not sure if this is place to post this, but if not, I am sure the managers will move it to where it belongs.

You said “before the cabin was dropped onto the hull”. That made me remember…..
Years ago (I’m a little fuzzy on the exact date) this site underwent a change and for some reason some of us lost all our posts after the new site (this one now) came into existence. I was one who lost all my posts and started again at post number 1. That in itself isn’t important, but what was lost were photos I have of how a Hunter was made.

Back in 2000, We ordered our 340 and asked if Hunter would send me a picture of our boat being made. I was expecting a (1) picture. What I got was 15 of the entire process, in the mail.
Real pictures, on real film, not this computer stuff we have today. Someone took the time to document this for us. I have forever been very thankful to them.
I thought you would like to see your Hunter being made…..before the cabin was placed.
Being fully in that area is unthinkable to me.
But you are so right….”.the ecstacy is mind blowing to see it come out better than the factory install”

Enjoy the pictures…….

 

[sailcapt340]

Heres another one…