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Post by tsenator on Mar 2, 2019 15:41:42 GMT
Hello Jeanneau Owners - This is my 1st Post - I just bought a 2003 43 DS last Summer and have been doing ALL sorts things over the past year - I really should have introduced myself and posted about the boat and my experiences, but the past 10 months have been crazy - Well here we go with the Salon main tank "pick up" tube . I noticed I was getting air when I turned on the water valve for the Main Central Salon water tank, even just a little while after filling the tank . I tracked it down to the "pick up" tube on that tank.
www.23hq.com/tsenator/photo/52185389/originalwww.23hq.com/tsenator/photo/52185390/originalMost tanks draw their water from the bottom but on this water tank its a pick up tube that draws from the top, and as you can see at the junction of the tube to the black plastic screw in part it cracked slightly (I'm not sure how that would happen its in the tank protected from everything but maybe sloshing water) .
I tried epoxying and gluing to no avail. Terry at Jeanneau parts has been great trying to track it down , but still nothing and I fear it won't be easily source able . I do think I found a temporary fix though, I broke off the last of the "nub" holding the metal pick up tube and I drilled the hole at the base of the black plastic fitting to enlarge it with a 1/2" drill bit. That allowed for a perfect snug fit with a 3/8" (inside diameter) solid pex tube I got from Home Depot . Just to be sure it stays I put a little 'plastic epoxy' on it. I tested it with my tongue and sucking in to see if there are any leaks and it seems to hold well. www.23hq.com/tsenator/photo/52185498/originalwww.23hq.com/tsenator/photo/52185501/originalwww.23hq.com/tsenator/photo/52185502/originalI also made one out of brass 1/2" 'nipple' from Home depot. It seems the threads are the same , but I don't like metal threads in plastic screw holes , its too easy to strip the threads of the plastic , also it doesn't have the round "rubber gasket" (above the red tape) that would tightly seal the tank. Without that I beleive the water tanks would slowly leak out water when over filling (not a huge deal as only overflow would go out and its only fresh water "
www.23hq.com/tsenator/photo/52185506/originalTime will tell - Hope this helps someone else
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Post by MalcolmP on Mar 2, 2019 18:12:50 GMT
Absolutely brilliant first post, congratulations, shame we don't have an award. You even mastered the photo insert too. Really valuable information.
Look forward to learning more about the problems and solutions you have found with your 43DS
Malcolm
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Post by tsenator on Mar 2, 2019 18:48:04 GMT
Thanks Malcolm,
I hope to impart some things I find out and solve when I get time and add to the group as much as some others already have. I used to be the Catalina 36 International Association "Tech Editor" for about 10 years (~LOVED~ that boat - Have had it 18 years - but alas we wanted a bigger boat with large convertible aft cabin for the extended family  ) and I have seen quite a few things and enjoy researching, solving and then eventually fixing things ~right~ . For instance the 43 DS compression post repair threads will be of immense help when I attack that project (Which I already know I will have to attack at sometime in the future, I got a good deal on the boat, so the future repair was taken into account). I know its something that needs to be fixed, but I really don't think its as big a safety issue as much as it an issue with flexing near windows and water ingress into the area, etc..... I think I will have to cut out the whole area under the mast and above the post & "refill" that area to fix thoroughly.
Ps -- yes the photo thing was a little tricky -- it took me a few tries before I figured out it needed the "original" at the end of the http:// string
Our J 43 DS Boats name is "Blue Yonder" (for now)
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Post by tsenator on Mar 2, 2019 18:53:25 GMT
Malcolm,
I am not sure who puts them in there but maybe someone can move the first part of this post into the "Plumbing Fixes" area of this website.
Tom
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Post by MalcolmP on Mar 2, 2019 23:32:02 GMT
Malcolm,
I am not sure who puts them in there but maybe someone can move the first part of this post into the "Plumbing Fixes" area of this website.
Tom
Hi Tom That will be me  yes will add that next update. Looking forward to much more input from you too. Blue Yonder - for now - looks great Malcolm |
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Post by Trevor on Mar 3, 2019 3:59:37 GMT
Hi Tom,
Welcome to the forum and thanks for that post. Very helpful when members go to the trouble to outline the problem and then the resolution.
Regards,
Trevor
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Post by MalcolmP on Mar 3, 2019 11:22:55 GMT
Malcolm,
I am not sure who puts them in there but maybe someone can move the first part of this post into the "Plumbing Fixes" area of this website.
Tom
Hi Tom That will be me yes will add that next update. Looking forward to much more input from you too. Blue Yonder - for now - looks great Malcolm Hi Tom - you have a private message from me. The Hints and Tips article is now online at: www.jeanneau-owners.com/hintsandtips/43dswatertank.htmlMalcolm |
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) and I have seen quite a few things and enjoy researching, solving and then eventually fixing things ~right~ . 
yes will add that next update. Looking forward to much more input from you too. Blue Yonder - for now - looks great
