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Update...there is/was backing plates under both captain's chairs. The bolts in both chairs were too short. Whomever replaced the pedestals did not engage the backing plates. One chair I drilled to 1/2" and inserted togglers because the backing plate must have fallen down. I am so lucky on the...
No back flow prevention on the dock side. There are RV style pressure regulators on the boat input. Yeah, I've not seen this before. A mechanic suggested I cut the neighbors off and fit a female repair on his. That plus a new hose on my side. Back in business, thank you for the reply!!
I am replacing a leaky water hose, it connects dock water to the boat. The picture shows my dock side hose on left, neighbor on right. Corrosion unscrewed the ball joint when I tried to take off my hose. I thought I'll just replace the Y joint, that will work for my hose. The neighbor hose looks...
I have removed the captain's chair and pedestal to put a new pedestal in. The pedestal was very secure, just corroded. It was difficult, had to use upward force on most of the 2 1/2 ss bolts to get them out. I thought would be easy swap but I am faced with not knowing how these held the pedestal...
