If you’re doing a drill and fill before inserting a plug/drain tube, do you really need the tube? Why not just drill the (second) hole to an inch and use it with no insert?
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Do you need a drain tube?
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Re: Do you need a drain tube?
Best question since I started reading here! And your right! Overdrilled, filled with epoxy, and drilled smaller, protected from UV, to the diameter of the insert! Brilliant!
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Re: Do you need a drain tube?
All depends.
If you want to install a plug; the hole needs to be strpng enough.
But. On the other hand, my splashwell plugs were a real pain to do and I have a center thing in the plug hole that catches leaves. A bigger hole with just epoxy would have been okay. I was a bit ascared of the hole fill cracking. Or maybe I was rationalizing buying the damn hole?
If you want to install a plug; the hole needs to be strpng enough.
But. On the other hand, my splashwell plugs were a real pain to do and I have a center thing in the plug hole that catches leaves. A bigger hole with just epoxy would have been okay. I was a bit ascared of the hole fill cracking. Or maybe I was rationalizing buying the damn hole?
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Re: Do you need a drain tube?
Cockpit scuppers on my XF20. Above the waterline and too big for a standard drain plug. I over drilled, filled and re-drilled.
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Re: Do you need a drain tube?
Yeah. I’ve got some drain holes that will never be plugged. Was just specifically wondering about one that will take a plug. Seems if the hole through the epoxy is sized right for the plug, there shouldn’t be any need for the tube insert.
Unless there’s something obvious I’m missing.
Jbo
Unless there’s something obvious I’m missing.
Jbo
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Re: Do you need a drain tube?
I see what you are asking, I’m a little slow today.
Yes, the epoxy sealed holes will work just fine with a plug.
I’ve got several done that way on the bulkheads of “bare bones”. I can find a pic if you want?
Yes, the epoxy sealed holes will work just fine with a plug.
I’ve got several done that way on the bulkheads of “bare bones”. I can find a pic if you want?
Richard
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Re: Do you need a drain tube?
Thanks for the offer, but no need to hunt down a pic. Just wanted confirmation it would work and I wasn’t missing something.
Thanks.
Jbo
Thanks.
Jbo
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Re: Do you need a drain tube?
I used a garboard plug so no tube but threaded brass hole and used a hexagon plug that uses a Allen wrench. Limited access to bilge at the center of the transom.
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Re: Do you need a drain tube?
The old Gheenoe I just refloated had an ugly hole where whatever was in there previously had been removed. I filled it with intention of redrilling for a brass drain, then decided to just drill it to the size of a cooler plug I had that works like a smaller boat plug.
Thats a big chunk of drain tube for rubber to overstress.
Thats a big chunk of drain tube for rubber to overstress.
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