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Post by sleighride on Feb 15, 2019 19:00:58 GMT
I am considering replacing both Jabsco heads in my DS43 with the more powerful (and better joker valves) of the Raritan Ph Superflush, but do not want to do so unless the Jabsco heads are mounted to the floor with lag screws and not bolts with washers and nuts below. Has anyone changed out a head in a DS43? Thanks for your help.
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Post by alenka on Feb 15, 2019 21:44:46 GMT
Yes. But only for the Jabsco Liteflush electric and that has the same footprint as the manual, albeit the fixing nuts are easier to get at than on the manual one.
Down here in the Ionian the Jabsco gets clogged up with calcium every couple of years or so. Having spent hours servicing both the electric and manual (in the forward heads) a friend who looks after around 100 charter boats told me just to throw away the old one and replace with a complete new unit. There is little difference in price. Unless of course you enjoying working in small confined spaces in 30c temperatures.
To prove the point he showed me a skip and the back of his workshop completely full of old toilets.
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Post by sleighride on Feb 16, 2019 16:36:18 GMT
Thanks for the quick response to my question Alenka. If there are fastening nuts below the manual heads, I will not replace them. There is simply no practical way to access the nuts without cutting access ports to that area directly in front of the heads. I was hoping that they were secured with lag screws into the flooring through marine plywood which would have made replacement much easier. I do use the Raritan joker valves in lieu of the Jabsco joker valves and the Raritan usually get me two years, unlike the Jabsco that only get me six months to a year. Thanks again!
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Post by MalcolmP on Feb 16, 2019 18:29:06 GMT
My previous 2001 34.2 and my 2008 39i both have what I call coachscrews, but guess maybe the same as lagscrews....think there is big block of wood the loo stands on which is moulded over.
Worth just trying a socket wrench and seeing if they extract rather than turn
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Post by sleighride on Feb 18, 2019 0:36:44 GMT
Great idea Malcom. I will give it a whirl next week if I can get up to the boat through the snow and freezing rain that is forecast forvHood Cznal, Washington where the boat is now moored in unseasonably cold weather🥶 Thanks!
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Post by boltnbrew on Feb 18, 2019 1:19:16 GMT
For our 2004 43 DS, they used lag screws.
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Post by markevans on Feb 18, 2019 22:09:23 GMT
I removed both of our 2003 43DS Jabasco heads and they were both held with coachscrews rather than nuts and bolts.
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Post by MartyB on Feb 20, 2019 1:32:24 GMT
Sleighride,
I was in Bremerton today near the airport. Most roads are very clear. Even most parking lots are now clear.
Had not heard of freezing rain weather for here in Puget Sound region. Another fellow was in Bellingham, snowing a bit, melting when it hit the ground.
Marty
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Post by alenka on Feb 20, 2019 9:13:30 GMT
Coach I think on ours. Not too sure what the difference is between coach and lag screws!?!
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Post by sleighride on Feb 20, 2019 17:05:47 GMT
Thanks for all the responses! I am convinced that coach screws are the same thing as lag screws (screws into wood with no nuts for attachment at bottom end.) Thanks for weather update Marty. We leave for boat and Hood Canal tomorrow. I plan to order new Raritan replacement heads but will first confirm the coach screws as the attachments per Malcom’s suggestion.
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