Hi Dave..the easiest thing to do is to pull the tank and take it home to work on. Put rubber plugs in the enging hoses, disconnect the water in and out, and the AC power. I did that one winter when my water pump was on the fritz and I wasn't able to put a little anti-freeze in the tank. Got some garden hose fittings, flushed multiple times with LimeAway, and took the time to re-paint with Rustoleum spray paint. Looks like new and has never worked better. It may be an original (Raritan?) on my 1984 LF 38. After struggling with that I installed a flush and fill system so I can use my drill-pump to remove the last bits of water and add a tad of antifreeze. The only gotcha is to make sure any air in the heater hoses gets vented....just run the enginge and loosen the top hose going to/from the water heater. You will hear the air escaping and just need to reconnect when antifreeze starts to ozooze. You could also get a new one, but, I bet this will doit. Good Luck!!
Spencer Johnson 1984 C&C LF 38 "Alegria" #165 ~~~_/) * ~~~~ Mount Prospect, IL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On our 29-2, the hot water has been skanky (technical work for "it smells some") for years and I'd like to do something about if finally. The fresh water system is fine. It's a cube shaped 5 gallon unit that pre-dates our ownership of the boat. It is dual electric and engine hot water heated. Any suggestions on how I can flush it? Javex maybe? Clearly I don't want to do anything to wreck the cold water system. --- Dave 83 C&C 29-2 St Margaret Sailing Club, NS
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