seacocks frozen

[Mike Davis]

The seacocks for my head are frozen. Does anyone have any suggestions to unfreeze them?



MDavis1@mci2000.com

[Duncan Maio]

The seacocks for my head are frozen. Does anyone have any suggestions to unfreeze them?

If you live in Rhode Island, congratulations! Your boat complies with the ridiculous "zero-discharge" regulations implemented by the tree-hugging yahoos hereabouts this summer, just after dumping 175 million gallons of raw sewage into Narragansett Bay.

If you want to continue using the head, loosen the nuts at the end of the barrel opposite the handle - leave the locking nut partly threaded off the end to protect the threads - and hit the barrel with a hammer to loosen it. Start gently, but don't worry too much about overpowering the through-hull; you can't really get too much of a swing going.

There are messages elsewhere on this site about maintenance.

Duncan Maio
s/v Remedy
CD27 #37
Bristol, RI



dmaio@att.net

[Neil Gordon]

>>The seacocks for my head are frozen. Does anyone have any suggestions to unfreeze them?<<

Spray with heavy doses of WD-40 to get them working. Then take them apart aggressively, as Duncan suggests. Polish the parts, grease and reassemble. Make sure the boat's not in the water when you remove the seacocks!!! <g>


Regards, Neil
s/v LIQUIDITY
Cape Dory 28#167



neil@nrgordon.com