As for the water heater, it sounds like you need to get a bigger pipe wrench. I'll PM you a picture I took of mine tonight. It is about 4 years old and looking pretty rough. I think it will last at least through till next year.
Use a shop-vac to suck out the other piece of the anode from the engine. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 12:18 PM David Knecht via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com wrote: > I had a nice weather day yesterday so decided to get a head start on > spring projects. Nothing went smoothly (what else is new): > > #1- I tried to replace the Raritan water heater anode. This is the first > time I have tried to do it in the 5 years I have owned the boat, so unknown > when was the last change. I was unable to budge the threads at all with a > large pipe wrench. Suggestions on how to get it loose without damage to > the unit? Will PB blaster do anything to pipe compound? > > #2- I removed the engine heat exchanger anode that I put in a few years > ago. The cap came off without the zinc itself. I first interpreted this > as the zinc being completely gone. However, when I tried to insert a new > one, it was blocked from going in at all. I am guessing this means the > zinc core broke off and is stuck inside. If I take the end cap off, can I > get to the piece inside? Is this a common problem? > > Thanks- Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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