Fresh water intake strainers

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Trowerpower
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Fresh water intake strainers

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:) Anyone have a source for our intake strainer gaskets approx. 5" in diameter?
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Fastjeff
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Re: Fresh water intake strainers

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Yeah; make your own out of 1/8 inch vacuum hose (and you'll never be sorry!)

Buy a couple foot of it (for ooops) and cut a length that JUST fits into the strainer. Next, using rubber cement and a short length of wire (that slips loosely into the hose) glue the works together. Nothing to it! Then make another as a spare.

Best of all, THIS gasket won't slip and fall into the strainer when you're not looking, causing all kinds of hell. I did this a few years ago and not once did I ever have a problem with the strainer gaskets.

Jeff
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Trowerpower
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Re: Fresh water intake strainers

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Thanks Jeff! We will miss all your great advise on the forum!
Trower Power
1987 32ft Marinette Sedan Flybridge
Blue Sky
twin 392 Chrysler Stroker Motors
Performance Distributors
750 Edlebrocks
fresh water cooled
1.5 to 1 velva-drives
Onan 6.5kw gen set
Fastjeff
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Re: Fresh water intake strainers

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My boat is (almost) gone, but I'm not going anywhere. My horrifically bad advice will continue.

Jeff
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Trowerpower
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Re: Fresh water intake strainers

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Jeff;

Well you obviously know something about Marinettes, just from your experiences with your boat.
Trower Power
1987 32ft Marinette Sedan Flybridge
Blue Sky
twin 392 Chrysler Stroker Motors
Performance Distributors
750 Edlebrocks
fresh water cooled
1.5 to 1 velva-drives
Onan 6.5kw gen set
Fastjeff
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Re: Fresh water intake strainers

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She 'Keel Hauled" me more than a few times over the years!

Jeff
"We live at the bottom of an ocean of air, not at the top." General Marvage Slatington
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