The deck plate for the waste pumpout port seems to be frozen - no amount of twisting with the key or tapping with a hammer has freed it. It probably hasn't been opened for years. Any suggestions?
james.jamieson@yale.edu
Frozen Deckplates/CD25D
Moderator: Jim Walsh
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John sill
Re: Frozen Deckplates/CD25D
I ended up having to take it off and getting it open at home. Now I keep it well greased!
jesill@erols.com
jesill@erols.com
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Ed Haley
Re: Frozen Deckplates/CD25D
Spray the deckplate with WD40. Then take a pair of needle nosed pliers and insert each tip into the recessed hole of the plate. Place a crescent wrench at right angles to the pliers near the tips and turn. The force should be sufficient to turn the deckplate. Once off, remove all oxidation and apply a light coating of seacock grease or equivalent.
eghaley@twcny.rr.com
eghaley@twcny.rr.com
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D. Stump, Hanalei
Re: This worked for me.....
Jim,
The deckplate for pumpout on Hanalei uses a flat key that fits into a slot in the cover. I bent up a few keys trying to remove the cover before I did this: 1. Slightly heat the cover with a blow torch - just very warm, not so hot that it hurts the fiberglass. 2. Soak the cover in the best penetrating oil you can find. 3. Drink a beer! 4. Drink another beer - well, at least let the oil do it's stuff! 5. Get a large crescent wrench - mine's about 12 inches long, and fit it to a new key. 6. Fit the wrench to the key, put the key in the slot with the wrench close to deck level. 7. Have a mate stand on the key to keep it from poping out of the slot or deforming the slot, and turn the wrench.
Note: sometimes trying to slightly tighten and then loosening the cover will break it free. Also, I was worried that too much applied force would actually spin the whole deck plate in the fiberglass. This didn't happen! Also, you might deform the key slightly, just buy a new one.
Now that it is free, every time I have her pumped out, I apply a little bycycle grease to the threads - no further problems.
Hope this helps you out with a stinky problem!!
Dave Stump
Captain Commanding
s/v Hanalei CD-30
The deckplate for pumpout on Hanalei uses a flat key that fits into a slot in the cover. I bent up a few keys trying to remove the cover before I did this: 1. Slightly heat the cover with a blow torch - just very warm, not so hot that it hurts the fiberglass. 2. Soak the cover in the best penetrating oil you can find. 3. Drink a beer! 4. Drink another beer - well, at least let the oil do it's stuff! 5. Get a large crescent wrench - mine's about 12 inches long, and fit it to a new key. 6. Fit the wrench to the key, put the key in the slot with the wrench close to deck level. 7. Have a mate stand on the key to keep it from poping out of the slot or deforming the slot, and turn the wrench.
Note: sometimes trying to slightly tighten and then loosening the cover will break it free. Also, I was worried that too much applied force would actually spin the whole deck plate in the fiberglass. This didn't happen! Also, you might deform the key slightly, just buy a new one.
Now that it is free, every time I have her pumped out, I apply a little bycycle grease to the threads - no further problems.
Hope this helps you out with a stinky problem!!
Dave Stump
Captain Commanding
s/v Hanalei CD-30