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Old 31 August 2008, 09:56   #1
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Hose connector - whitby launch ramp

hi ive just been to whitby this weekend and tryed to couple to the tap but my fittings are either too big or small , i went to the chandlers but he said he only had his own and could not help , where can i get the adapter from and has any one else had problems flushing engine after been out to sea there at whitby, the sizes of connectors i have are all the common garden types ie 1/2 and 3/4. thanks if can halp.
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Old 02 September 2008, 15:27   #2
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If you buy the push type tap connector it usually comes with three size reducing adaptors one of them should fit then you just screw your 3/4 to it.
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Old 02 September 2008, 17:46   #3
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thanks but ive tyed that and it seems to be a totaly diffrent size alltogether ive got 1/2 5/8 3/4 1in and still no look in the end we had to hold the connection up to the tap so we could flush our engine down. i was thinking of blocking it up so they had to replace it with a tap that every body can connect to not put a tap on that only the chandlers can use as no one can get the right fitting for it.
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any chance of a picture of the fitting?
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Would one of those rubber fittings for bib taps fit over the end of the tap or is it to large.
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its too large the next time i go i will take some photos of it and measure the diameter of the threaded bit. to me it looks very big and old like you woud see on a farm or on a building site, as its not got the household look and size to it, im going to a old plumbers merchant tommorow with my fittings and tell him which are too small and too big to fit it and see if hes any old stock that might do.
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ps if anyone has used the whitby slip way into the harbour and used the tap at the top of slip , can you please let me know wot you are using to flush and swill down your craft. as yet im still looking for the connector. cheers andy
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