[C320-list] Water heater hose change out

[LOCALJG at aol.com]

Great ideas!  Thanks Paul.
 
 
In a message dated 10/8/2010 10:29:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
ilove2sail at verizon.net writes:

An idea  -- put a stopper in the end of the hose untill you pull it through.
Also  tie a heavy duty string on the end and pull that through. Then you
can  easily pull the new hose through to the water  heater.

Paul
Affinity 657
Bay Bridge Marina
Chesapeake Bay  Maryland




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From:  "LOCALJG at aol.com" <LOCALJG at aol.com>
To:  C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 12:48:18  PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Water heater hose change out

Thanks  Tony.  Do you recall the length of hose it took to replace the  old 
 
hose?  


In a message dated 10/7/2010 8:33:14 P.M. Pacific  Daylight Time,  
amshd2 at aol.com writes:



John

I  replaced both hoses on my 94 #30 last  year.  Mine were starting o  show 
their age small cracks here and there  the ends were striating  to get hard 
and split ect . 

I replaced both at  the same  time.  One reason is that you have to remove 
the hot water   heater in order to get the old ones off and the new ones 
on.  
Glad I  made  that decision because they started falling apart were they  
connected to the  hot water heater when I started working on  them.

First drain as much  anti freeze as you can and be ready to  drain more 
when 
you disconnect the  hoses. 

Be sure the Hot  water heater is off.  It is eiser to just  cut old 
hosesoff 
then  remove the Hot water. 

I removed the old ones and  took one to  WM.  They were easy to run.  It 
helps to remove  the small  storage compartment under the oven. 

While I had the Hot  water  heater disconnected I took it out and flushed 
it 
ashore.   Couldn't  believe all the crud that came out.

Tony   







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From:   LOCALJG at aol.com
To: c320-list at catalina320.com
Sent: Thu, Oct 7,  2010  10:34 pm
Subject: [C320-list] Water heater hose change   out


Whilst puttering around under the hood, I noticed small  cracks  in the 
hose 

hat takes hot engine coolant from the engine  to the hot  water heater.  
The 
hose that comes back to the  engine from the water  heater seems to be ok?  

followed the  hose from the engine till it  disappeared into the port  
ulkhead  and I presume it simply runs  behind the bulkhead, behind the oven 
  
and 
nto the water heater?  

y questions are: 1)  how  long does the hose in question  usually  last?  
My 
oat is  14 years old.  2)  In order  to change out the  hose, will  I have 
to 
ull out the hot water heater  from under the   sink?  

fter looking at the location of the  hot water  heater, I believe I have  
lready answered my second   question?  I don't see any way around  it.  

ohn   G. 
ull #329