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Sonosailor · 11-06-2004, 10:36

What I want to know, is how to get the frikkin hose on those frikkin fittings. I spent a good 20 frikkin minutes just pushing a 1 1/2" waste hose onto a fitting - I mean trying to... I put waterproof teflon grease on it, and pushed for all I was worth. Used Gord's trick of putting clamps on for better handling. Next step is to use the clamps to hang little pulleys all over the bugger. I doubt that 8-1 purchase will get her on.

What are the secrets? Bought both the hose and the fitting at West, and it starts on, just won't budge past the first bur!!

Of course, these buggers are always in the most outrageous spots to work. A little bit of last year's sewage hanging around helps a lot too. I swear, I was ready to throw myself onto my knife last night.

11-06-2004, 10:36	#6
Sonosailor Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada in the summer and fall; Caribbean in winter and spring aboard Cat Tales. Boat: FP Tobago 35 - Cat Tales Posts: 356	...But how do you assemble? What I want to know, is how to get the frikkin hose on those frikkin fittings. I spent a good 20 frikkin minutes just pushing a 1 1/2" waste hose onto a fitting - I mean trying to... I put waterproof teflon grease on it, and pushed for all I was worth. Used Gord's trick of putting clamps on for better handling. Next step is to use the clamps to hang little pulleys all over the bugger. I doubt that 8-1 purchase will get her on. What are the secrets? Bought both the hose and the fitting at West, and it starts on, just won't budge past the first bur!! Of course, these buggers are always in the most outrageous spots to work. A little bit of last year's sewage hanging around helps a lot too. I swear, I was ready to throw myself onto my knife last night.