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Tech Talk => Engine Mechanical / Electrical => Topic started by: SomeThingWilder on July 22, 2015, 07:29:28 PM

Title: Running off garden hose
Post by: SomeThingWilder on July 22, 2015, 07:29:28 PM

How do all you guys connect your boat to the garden hose  when you r working on them at home? I'm replacing my leaky gate valve and wonder if there is something I should look to buy before I do so! 

Title: Re: Running off garden hose
Post by: trey allan on July 22, 2015, 07:53:02 PM

Run the hose up through the pump or connect it to the water line running into your block


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Title: Re: Running off garden hose
Post by: GT Jets on July 22, 2015, 08:00:30 PM

I have a brass garden hose connection on the water line to the motor. I just spray WD40 in the pump impeller/wear ring area before I start it and back off the packing lands.

Works good as far as I am concerned.

GT

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Title: Re: Running off garden hose
Post by: jet fever on July 22, 2015, 08:06:20 PM

Hhhmm anther Gate valve Fail... >:D

Lmao just bustin balls. 

The look on some Regulator haters faces towards that remark =  >:(

Title: Re: Running off garden hose
Post by: SomeThingWilder on July 22, 2015, 08:31:47 PM

Quote from: jet fever on July 22, 2015, 08:06:20 PM

Hhhmm anther Gate valve Fail... >:D

Lmao just bustin balls. 

The look on some Regulator haters faces towards that remark =  >:(

well considering my Father'n'law put it in orginally in the boat 20+ years ago I say it had a good run. ;D

Title: Re: Running off garden hose
Post by: jet fever on July 22, 2015, 08:36:04 PM

Yeah Im just bored talking smack. 

Remember you gotta follow GTs procedure to setup the new Gate if you install one.

Id try the packing first like mentioned hold the body with a backup wrench tighten packing nut 1/4turn

Title: Re: Running off garden hose
Post by: SomeThingWilder on July 22, 2015, 08:44:13 PM

Lol yeah boredom gets to us all. thanks for the advice !!

Title: Re: Running off garden hose
Post by: mash on it on July 24, 2015, 02:37:23 AM

Quote from: jet fever on July 22, 2015, 08:36:04 PM

Yeah Im just bored talking smack. 

Remember you gotta follow GTs procedure to setup the new Gate if you install one.

Id try the packing first like mentioned hold the body with a backup wrench tighten packing nut 1/4turn

So, Along with the aforementioned GATE valve, I have a ball valve, down stream from the gate valve, on a tee, that goes to a garden hose. The garden hose is about 12' long, give or take, with a nice, polished, garden/driveway sprayer on the end. I unhook that hose and use the city water to the boat through that tee.

Hmmm, valved @ city water, gated to supply water DIRECTLY to the wear ring and impeller, and ball valved to supply enough VOLUME to cool the engine.

I've never thought about the WD 40 deal, sound good to me  :thumbup:

That's all I got...

Dan'l

Title: Re: Running off garden hose
Post by: steves86ta on July 24, 2015, 02:25:46 PM

i took the simple approach, and it seems to work fine for me so far

hose off the pump to a gate valve, gate valve has a male water hose fitting, the feed line to the motor has a female garden hose fitting.

unscrew the above mentioned water hose fitting, screw in the garden hose. Turn water on lightly

start boat

Works fine for me. And will build heat on the garden hose