[C320-list] Fragile water lines

[Arthur Gates]

I have had to replace water lines and connectors. 
1995 #182. Sailed in New England it’s fist ten years, then in Sw FL.  Rollie 

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> On Oct 22, 2018, at 9:06 PM, Jack Brennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello all:
> 
> So the installation of my new Cold Machine (not only cold beer, but ice!) had some unintended consequences.
> 
> Today, while I was rebuilding the head, I noticed the bilge filling up with fresh water whenever I turned on the freshwater pump. It turns out I fractured the cold water PEX line while tugging the copper tubing through the channel. (The water lines and fridge tubes are close together.)
> 
> When I gently tugged on the blue water line, an entire section of the water line came out. It was so brittle after 20 years that I could snap it with two fingers. 
> 
> Is this a thing with our water lines, or was this water line just poorly manufactured? I handled lines for the sink and head while doing another job, and they seemed fine. Should all of us be replacing the water lines?
> 
> The head rebuild is another chapter of my growing repertoire of stories about the p.o. I thought it was a bad joker valve and decided to replace everything. It turns out the hose between the head and the holding tank was clogged solid.
> 
> I mean really solid. As in someone seems to have put cement into the head. After I removed the hose and whacked it onto the parking lot, some cement-like chunks fell out. I suppose it could have been an accident, but ...
> 
> It’s a long story, but the boat was repossessed by a bank before I bought it. There have been all sorts of odd problems. Slashed scupper hoses. Wrong transmission fluid. Diesel in the bilge. Halyard wrap
> on the jib. Leak in the propane setup.  Sand in the water lines.
> 
> It kind of makes me think the p.o. was unhappy about losing the boat.
> 
> Jack Brennan
> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
> Tierra Verde, Fl.
> Dolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay
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