June 26 | Maintenance Day

With a new Lavac Popular marine head in hand, and a lead on a quality custom-built-for-a-Triton holding tank, I headed out to the boat to take some general measurements for planning purposes. I also knew that I would need to deal with my frozen head discharge seacock before I would be able to pull the old head and install the new.

I arrived on board and sprayed the seacock heavily with PB Blaster then turned my attention to measuring the general areas in question for head plumbing, and the holding tank. The tank looked like it would be a close fit and depend on how closely my Triton's settee measurements matched up to the boat that the tank was originally built for.

With the measurements out of the way I turned my attention back to the seacock. I removed the nuts and the plate that covered the side of the seacock and continued to spray PB Blaster along the seam of the now exposed tapered plug. After allowing it to soak for a few minutes I gave it a few gentle (GENTLE!) taps with a hammer along the body of the seacock and on the bolt as though I were going to remove the plug for lapping or greasing. Eventually things came free and I was able to rotate the plug. I reassembled the seacock and worked it open and closed numerous times until the action seemed smooth. I'll be fully disassembling this seacock for service this fall!