Revuild or replace?
- Thread starter rblevens
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Other than corrosion what's wrong with it ? The stainless skimmer seems OK (at least on the picture. These units are easily taken apart for thorough cleaning. You might need to replace the gasket on the top cover. Glass bowl should be also easy to clean. Bronze wool or bronze brush should do wonders on the body. I guess I would go that route rather than replace. But then again, I hate replacing something if I can avoid it.
As Stu often says: your boat your choice. good luck
As Stu often says: your boat your choice. good luck
Anyone know where I can get a replacement metal strainer from? (the bit on the left)
That looks like mine - made by Groco. It can easily be refurbished (don't use steel wool) and parts are available.
http://www.groco.net/strnrs.htm
The price of new will take your breath away.
http://www.groco.net/strnrs.htm
The price of new will take your breath away.
As long as you can get all the fittings to turn out of their threads and reassemble the whole thing, I'd save it and do the work. A replacement one from Groco will be about $250.
But if anything's frozen-- especially if you are not the first guy to find that it is-- I'd be wary. Frozen fittings invariably tell tales of other attempts to bang them loose. You don't know what's gone on there-- if they're frozen, there's a reason, and it tends to lead one down the path of discovery to corrosion, brittleness, and metal fatigue. The intake strainer is one of the most vital parts of the boat, not just for what it does but for how vulnerable a point it is if it's compromised. Use heat (not too much), gentle persuasion, and patience. When reassembling, bronze-wool all the threads, polish towards golden prettiness, and use plenty of anti-seize.
BTW-- if you need to replace it, check out Great Lakes Skipper online. They liquidate discontinued boatbuilders' inventory and have quality new parts for pennies on the dollar. They'd have one of these.
But if anything's frozen-- especially if you are not the first guy to find that it is-- I'd be wary. Frozen fittings invariably tell tales of other attempts to bang them loose. You don't know what's gone on there-- if they're frozen, there's a reason, and it tends to lead one down the path of discovery to corrosion, brittleness, and metal fatigue. The intake strainer is one of the most vital parts of the boat, not just for what it does but for how vulnerable a point it is if it's compromised. Use heat (not too much), gentle persuasion, and patience. When reassembling, bronze-wool all the threads, polish towards golden prettiness, and use plenty of anti-seize.
BTW-- if you need to replace it, check out Great Lakes Skipper online. They liquidate discontinued boatbuilders' inventory and have quality new parts for pennies on the dollar. They'd have one of these.