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Old 10-01-2018, 02:02 PM
John3325 John3325 is offline
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Default Replacing vertical thru-hulls in a 76' 23 SF

Whose taken on the task before?

Thinking about replacing the ones in my 76' 23 just to say they are done and never have to worry about them. Reason for the post is I am looking for some insight on what to expect.

I have redone mako thru hulls before by sanding some PVC pipe and glassing into the transom. Can this be accomplished for those pesky vertical thru hulls that go straight from the deck down through the bottom of the hull? Should I just get new bronze and buy the tool and seal with 5200?

Any insight to taking on this project is greatly appreciated.
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Old 10-01-2018, 05:07 PM
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I have them as well. I need to address mine soon. From what I have seen from others, the tube goes through a block of wood and is a royal pain. I’ve heard of a couple people going back through the original location and most glassing in The original location and rerouting through the transom. The most creative that Carl put together was crisscrossed drain pipes out the Stern. Intention was if water came in because of excessive weight on one side, the chances were slim that water would move up the tube heading across to the other side drain in the deck.
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Old 10-01-2018, 08:33 PM
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They are easy to replace with the flaring tool. Both my blocks were solid and look great when I remove them last year so inless u had water getting in there u should be good. 2 new brass tubes 5200 and another person to hold bolt on the other side of flairing tool and your done in 2 hours. Leave no more than 1/8 inch on side u flair, to long and flange will crack. The flairing tool u get may be to short pick up rod at Home Depot and trim to correct length . Might as well do your fishbox drain while your at it
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Old 10-01-2018, 08:42 PM
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Not a great pic but u can see block on left
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Old 10-01-2018, 09:05 PM
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Awesome thank you for the picture too. I had no idea it went through a block.

Any tricks to knocking the brass tube out besides curling the lips in and trying to knock loose with a flat head out the bottom?
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Old 10-01-2018, 09:34 PM
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Any tricks to knocking the brass tube out besides curling the lips in and trying to knock loose with a flat head out the bottom?
Original tubes are not brass, they are the nylon type.
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Old 10-02-2018, 12:01 AM
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Awesome thank you for the picture too. I had no idea it went through a block.

Any tricks to knocking the brass tube out besides curling the lips in and trying to knock loose with a flat head out the bottom?
One of my wooden blocks was mulch/jello. The other was fine. Both old brass tubes were badly corroded (40 years old).
I used a flat blade screwdriver and hammer to curl the lips in from the outside and then a socket with an extension to drive them up and out. Easy.
My replacements are 1-1/4" instead of 1" (50% more flow area). I used some 1-3/4" OD fiberglass pipe wrapped with 1708 as the new tube/block (2"OD after that). Wrapped the FG pipe first then cut it to the right length and angle. Smeared ends with thickened epoxy before inserting, then used the thickened epoxy to build a fillet around the upper and lower joints. Put a couple of small pieces of 1708 over the joints just 'cause I'm neurotic and hate leaks. The hard part was getting the new FG tubes centered on the old holes. Used a router bit to open the hole from the outside to 1-1/4 and a holesaw from underneath to get it right at the deck end. Haven't put the metal 'liner' tubes in yet; waiting til the decks are done. Not sure if I got pics but will post if I find some.
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