Hardest job I've ever done on (or off a boat)!

[dtfeld]

After 1 year of trying every bolt loosening oil, juice, special sauce, every tool in my tool box and a month of Sundays, I finally removed the frozen brass anode plug from my transmission cooler!!!

I drilled it out, and got enough room on the interior to get a hacksaw blade in and cut down to the top of the threads, and then chisel it out. It hung tight to the end.

I think the final score was Plug 92, Dave 1.

 

[sbw1]

Not the same anode, but the tech who does my service uses a little teflon tape on mine when he inspects them. Easy in and easy out. Don't know if location makes a difference, but if tape is safe for that application, worth considering.

 

[dtfeld]

I think the PO didnt checked them often enough and once it got some build up in it, it was permanent. My current solution is to check every 6 months (I'm now in fresh water) to find worn anodes and "exercise" them kind of like through hulls. I intend not to have to do that ever again.

Doesnt the teflon isolate the anode electrically defeating the purpose?

 

[JVM225]

Congratulations!

 

[sbw1]

I think the PO didnt checked them often enough and once it got some build up in it, it was permanent. My current solution is to check every 6 months (I'm now in fresh water) to find worn anodes and "exercise" them kind of like through hulls. I intend not to have to do that ever again.

Doesnt the teflon isolate the anode electrically defeating the purpose?

Good question. I'm going to ask him. We are in fresh water and generally don't have issues with anodes. A thin piece of tape also allows some contact, but certainly worth asking the question.

 

[Blueone]

Continuity check with a meter would answer that question pretty quick... My bet is you have metal to metal with the Teflon tape

 

[Handsome Transom]

Hardest job off a boat was restoration of one of the welland canal locks in my early 20s . Winter job in the bottom of the hole drilling and blasting 8 ft thickness off the walls then scaling and forming for the pour.
Night shift was 2 bucks more so that's what I took . Never been so cold and tired from a job since.

 

[dtfeld]

Continuity check with a meter would answer that question pretty quick... My bet is you have metal to metal with the Teflon tape

Good point. I think I’ll try this.

 

[SCORPIO]

I prefer a little grease on the threads so that there is good electrical bonding between the brass plug and the cooler body. Teflon could electrically insulate the connection.

 

[copb8tx]

Hardest job I ever did was adding a generator to my '88 weekender. I don't think I fully realized everything that needed to be done when considering exhaust, fuel, power, through hulls, electrical panels, etc.

The day they pulled the boat up into the yard was the first day of 63 over 100 degrees in Texas that year. I'd lay a wrench up on the deck and then reach back for it and burn my hands. It was miserable but I had to keep at it because I only had so much yard time before it got more expensive.

I'll never buy a boat without a generator again.