I just replaced mine last night. Ridiculously easy job. Cleaned the tank out, pumped lots of fresh water through and took it apart. I only lost about a litre of water onto the head floor. I was getting tired of coming back from a sail and having to swab the head!
Brent 27-5 Lake Winnipeg (Where's the wind?!?!!) Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 31, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Gary Nylander via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I 'repaired' mine with Head Lube. Good stuff. > > Gary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dennis C. via CnC-List > To: CnClist > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 10:23 PM > Subject: Stus-List Joker valve war! > > I finally swapped out the joker valve in Touche's head because it was leaking > back. Didn't leak much. Just some of the water between the bowl and the > anti-siphon loop. > > As usual, it had become scaled up. I threw the old one in some vinegar and > most of the scale dissolved but the rubber was so distorted it was dumpster > material. > > I coated the new joker valve with TefGel hoping to get more life out of it. > I think Peggy Hall, the head mistress recommends Super Lube for heads. > > Also, I read that throwing some vinegar in the head routinely minimizes scale > build up. > > This really isn't a big thing for me. I get the valves wholesale for under > $10 and changing one is only a 10 minute job. But I'd sure like to skip it > altogether. > > Any other tricks? > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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