I think a repair kit for your head may be in order. There are rubber or neoprene parts in the valves around the pump and they may have stiffened from lack of use. Just run some water through it occasionally if you would rather use the aft rail (Notice any rust back there?) I had liquid backing up into my head last season, some head lube took care of the problem.
John Emmerich C27TR -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Barham Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:16 AM To: catalina27-talk Subject: catalina27-talk: winterizing head Hello Listees, I am having a problem getting antifreeze into the head. My water intake hose is attached to the head without clamps with a deeply ridged nipple. It looks difficult to remove. Therefore, I tried to do what I now remember that I did last year. Where my seacock for the water intake to the head enters the boat, the first take-off is the hose to the head. Directly above it is a second take-off that leads to the drain in the sink in the head. Clearly, the design is meant to direct water draining from the sink into the intake for the head and to route it through the head into the holding tank. Last year I poured antifreeze into the sink and pumped it into the head. Because I did not use the head all last season (OK, please limit witty replies to 50 words or less), there was still antifreeze at the drain in the sink. Yesterday, I poured antifreeze into the sink, and could not get the pump to prime and pump it into the head. The pump would not prime with the seacock open or closed. When I poured antfreeze directly into the head, it would pump it out into the holding tank. How do I get the antifreeze to move through the hoses from the sink to the connection by the seacock and into the head ? Thanking you in advance for your advice, Jim Barham 1986 C27 TR Nirvana
