OK, how the heck does one remove the intake hose from the barb on the seacock?
After all the great advice in this forum, I decided to do all my winterization myself. For the most part, it has been going very smoothly, and I'm quite pleased by that.
My main struggle: For both the head intake and the A/C intake, I could not get the intake hose off the seacock barb. I ended up having to cut both of them off. That was fine for these hoses -- plenty of hose to spare, they're just 2" shorter now. My engine intake hose is a different story. Haven't tackled that yet, but I definitely prefer not to cut that one.
Any advise on how to get them off? Heat, perhaps? Should I put anti-seize on them before reconnecting (that seems slightly concerning)?
After all the great advice in this forum, I decided to do all my winterization myself. For the most part, it has been going very smoothly, and I'm quite pleased by that.
My main struggle: For both the head intake and the A/C intake, I could not get the intake hose off the seacock barb. I ended up having to cut both of them off. That was fine for these hoses -- plenty of hose to spare, they're just 2" shorter now. My engine intake hose is a different story. Haven't tackled that yet, but I definitely prefer not to cut that one.
Any advise on how to get them off? Heat, perhaps? Should I put anti-seize on them before reconnecting (that seems slightly concerning)?