Recent content by sailinggreg

Agreed! Shawn, you show an amazing amount of calm even shortly after it happened! Your problem solving seems spot on. I never had (or even heard of) this issue. We needed engine repairs in the Caribbean, always difficult deciding whether you should do it yourself or finding a local mechanic...

Christian, Thanks - very informative! Greg

Hi All, Fyi, I called Raritan directly and they couldn't confirm or deny that their joker valves work with the Wilcox-Crittenden Head-Mate head, but didn't think so. She referred me to Marine Sanitation & Supply, saying they have lots of Wilcox-Crittenden parts. A look at Marine San's...

Thanks Frank and Pete, This is what I was asking. Are these valve rebuild kits even available? If anyone knows a specific place to buy them, please let me know. I understood the original manufacturer was long gone (and the company that bought Wilcox-Crittenden Head-Mate heads as well is no...

Christian and Frank, Thank you both for your quick replies! Since the head has always worked great (and we don't use it much), my plan is to first try just replacing the joker valve and see if that takes care of the problem. Regarding the Raritan joker valves, anyone know if I should buy the...

Hi All, I realize this message stream is years old but thought I'd try putting my questions here before starting a new post. There's some real head experts in this stream, I'd appreciate any advice. :) We have a Wilcox-Crittenden Head-Mate head on our 1980 Ericsson 30+. Starting this fall...

Good point! Any tip to get the old o-ring out? It's been out before, when the whole faucet came apart. I put it back together and the faucet didn't leak for a month or two but now it does and I can't get the darn o-ring out again. I've tried prying it with a small jeweler's screw driver. There's...

Fyi, I ended up replacing the Qest T-fitting with a SharkBite push on T-fitting. Doesn't leak a drop. I now have hot and cold running water. :) Thanks for everyone's help, especially Dave G and Driftless! There's, hopefully, just one last repair. The telescoping faucet in the galley is...

Hi All, I realize this thread is years old but I'm repairing the Qest water system on my 1980 Ericson 30+ so thought I'd try asking a couple questions. One of the T fittings is cracked. 1/ I've looked and don't see any Qest compatible stuff at Lowe's or Home Depot anymore, is the "successor"...

Hi All, I've got a Universal Atomic Diesel model 5416 on my 1980 Erickson 30+ sailboat. I believe I've got an air gap in the coolant system. Just replaced the heat exchanger because there was almost no seawater coming out the back. A couple years ago had the heat exchanger insides cleaned out...

Thanks Tom, Loren and everyone for the good discussion and info regarding batteries. I installed my new batteries but still have a couple questions. There is only one small wire going from my charger to the positive terminal on only one of the batteries. I even traced it back to the charger...

Hi Tom, Thanks for your simple and clear reply. This certainly seems to be my set up. You can see the smaller wires in the picture. I remember when I had an electrician on the boat he added a fuse on each wire just as you mentioned. Those small wires are even labeled so I will double check...

Connecting two batteries I hope so! :) This seems like the most relevant forum so I'll ask my question here rather than start a new forum. Its time for new batteries on my 1980 Ericson 30+. I've only owned her a couple years, and before this I never got around to looking at and...

Haven't tried putting the old impeller back on, yet. Might do that tomorrow. There does not appear to be a front and back, just some tiny markings on one side. Otherwise both sides seem identical. But we did reverse the new impeller just to be sure and still the same problem. Per the...

Hi All, Wanted to say thanks, give an update on my maintenance and ask hopefully one last question. I changed my oil and oil filter, transmission fluid, both fuel filters and bled the system. All seems good! :-) I decided to wait on changing on the coolant until I figure a couple things...