Hi Dennis,
What's yer rate?
A ship's husband I met who worked out of Friday
Harbour, Wa. would charge double his regular rate
for work on the toilet system and time plus one
half that rate for weekend calls (when owners &
guests were most likely to screw it up).
He said the owners grumbled about the increased
cost but he still got the work. :)
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 07:40 PM 23/10/2013, you wrote:
First, I've had both the Raritan PH-II and
Jabsco heads. My opinion is the Raritan is
better. I have Jabsco now and it works well also.
Now the real reason for the post. I work on
heads. People pay me nice $$ to fix them. My
opinion - never rebuild a head pump. Instead
install a new pump assembly. Cost differential
isn't that great and you'll eliminate ALL sources of problems with the pump.
Dennis C.
Touché 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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On Oct 23, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Tim Goodyear
<<mailto:timg...@gmail.com>timg...@gmail.com> wrote:
Gary, thanks, yes, that has worked well for me
on pumping issues. I have two other current issues that I'm working on:
* The last couple of times I've arrived at
the boat there has been 'stuff' in the bowl;
the joker valve is not doing it's job and is
allowing what's left in the discharge hose to
flow slowly back. I left the system soaking
in white wine vinegar last night and will see
if that helps. The head only receives
recycled beer and rum, the joker valve was
replaced last year, but still seems to need
maintenance much more regularly than I want to
get my hands into that area. The last two
occasions I've used the rebuild kit I have
cracked the plastic housing for the flush
water inlet / outlet, meaning more, hard-to-get-hold-of parts.
* The pump handle is broken off - we were
racing two weeks ago and a novice tried to use
the head while we were going upwind in > 20
knots... The pump and he suffered
bruising. This means I need to source parts
for the pump anyway this winter, and given my
satisfaction level overall caused me to think of something better.
Thanks,
Tim
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Gary Nylander
<<mailto:gnylan...@atlanticbb.net>gnylan...@atlanticbb.net> wrote:
Before you replace another pump, try headlube -
available at West Marine (and others). I was
about to venture into another replacement
project when this was suggested. My pump wasn't
drawing water from the thru hull, but was
pumping OK into the holding tank. I put the
lube in, and after about 15 pumps, here came the water! No project.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:timg...@gmail.com>Tim Goodyear
To: <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.
Danny, what are the reasons you are going with
the Raritan PHC (there are many options out
there)? I am done with replacing the pump
annually on the Wilcox Crittenden / Thetford
Headmate head in Mojito and was looking at a
replacement. Now, if only the pumps were interchangeable between models...
Thanks,
Tim
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