[C320-list] Head Vent

[Thomas Bowman]

Ted,
I couldn't get the black plastic cover off the vent without forcing it. I attacked it from the other end. Removing the vent hose from the holding tank was easy, not too gross either. Blew air through it with the pump I use to inflate my inflatable. Air did go through it, but not much! I really had to press down on the bellows and it took several seconds to compress. So air does go through the vent, but not much. I gather this is a common complaint.
Thanks for the help.
Tom

Tom Bowman
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On Jul 23, 2013, at 1:59 PM, tharrison at innovations-plus.com wrote:

> Tom, just watch when you put the (chrome) plastic cover back on. It may
> appear tight and the next thing you know it is gone! 
> 
> (like mine)
> 
> Ted
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Bowman
> Sent: July-23-13 11:31 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Head Vent
> 
> Thanks, I'll try it when I get to shore.
> Tom
> 
> Tom Bowman
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> 
> On Jul 23, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Ted Harrison <tharrison at innovations-plus.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Take off the plastic cover on the vent (outside) starboard side.
>> 
>> Blow compressed air through.
>> 
>> Or take tme vent hose off the holding tank and blow out.
>> 
>> Likely spider web in vent.
>> 
>> Mine does not have a screen on it .
>> 
>> Hull 424
>> 
>> Ted
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Jul 23, 2013, at 10:00 AM, Thomas Bowman <tadbowman at optonline.net>
> wrote:
>> 
>>> Anybody have any experience unclogging the head vent, ours seems to have
> a problem ?
>>> Best,
>>> Snow Goose  (644)
>>> 
>>> Tom Bowman
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jul 23, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Rick Sulewski <rsulewski at bex.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Ian,
>>>> You will need to prime the pump by removing the line feeding the 
>>>> pump that goes into the filter on top of the pump. Suggest that 
>>>> after you refill the tanks that you remove the filter first and 
>>>> clear out any debris before spinning it on the pump and then pour 
>>>> some water into the filter before reinstalling the feeder line.  
>>>> When you ran down the tanks you may have also pulled some debris from
> the tanks into the filter.
>>>> 
>>>> It may take a couple of primes to clear out the air. Repeating the 
>>>> prime cycle process is what we experienced the first time we ran the 
>>>> tanks & pump dry. Now when I clean the filter before spring launch 
>>>> we can usually clear the air after one prime. The problem is the 
>>>> pump may be at the same height or higher than the water level in the 
>>>> tank and the air must go somewhere ( out of the galley faucet before 
>>>> pulling the water from the tanks, so keep the galley faucet open when
> you restart the primed pump.
>>>> 
>>>> We use one tank at a time and whenever we begin to hear the pump 
>>>> begin to change its sound & speed before it runs completely dry we 
>>>> switch tanks and avoid having the prime the pump. Also. Adding a 
>>>> couple of capfuls of bleach to each tank refill does a great job of 
>>>> keeping the water smelling fresh. We do not drink the tank water.
>>>> 
>>>> Hope this explanation is helpful.
>>>> Rick
>>>> 1995 320 #277
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>>>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Ian 
>>>> Davis
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 6:35 AM
>>>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>>>> Subject: [C320-list] Fresh Water Pump
>>>> 
>>>> I needed to clean out the water tanks on my 1993 C320.  So I turned 
>>>> on all the faucets and ran them until the fresh water pump was just 
>>>> pumping air and the tanks were almost empty.  I then turned off the 
>>>> pump, cleaned out the tanks and refilled them to the top.  I then 
>>>> turned the pump on again and all it does is continue to pump air.  
>>>> It seems incapable of pumping the water from the tanks
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Now I know the boat is twenty years old, but that's surely not an 
>>>> excuse for Catalina back then to install a NON self-priming pump!!.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Has anyone else experiences this and/or have a solution.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Ian Davis - Wind Star - #18
>