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Marelon Ball Valves Something amazing today. While removing 2 Marelon Valves in our 1986 E32-3 they BOTH EASILY UNSCREWED! The new Marelon valves say to use teflon tape for thread sealant but before I do that I would like to know what Ericson used. Whatever it was held leak tight for 23 years...

This weekend I was in the process of wrapping up a long & tedious series of projects. The last of these was changing hoses to the engine (Universal M25). Upon completion, I turned the marelon ball valve for the seawater inlet. It resisted, then gave way & seemed to turn too easily. The shaft to...

Hi all, I was wondering what brands of halyard sheaves with ball bearings would be good use for the mast crane. I was gandering a some harken sheaves at my local Westmarine, but I couldn't find any meant for 3/8 line halyards. And I was also wondering if replacing my non-ball bearing sheaves...

hi everyone, i was looking at a pic of one of the ericsons docked . the anchor line apparently had a large basket ball floating in water near the boat....what is it for,,,sorry i've only been in this for 6 months,,,but i have learned a lot from all of you....it appears to be part of the...

Hello Folks, Jarod here, I will be replacing the thru hulls for the head this wkd along with the gate valve for the discharge and the seized ball valve for the inlet. I have the gate valve/thru hull seized on at the moment and i need to get a few things to get it off. While I am out...