Hose connector - whitby launch ramp

avon5.4 · 31 August 2008, 10:56

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.

shirehorse · 02 September 2008, 16:27

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.

avon5.4 · 02 September 2008, 18:46

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.

Poly · 02 September 2008, 18:59

any chance of a picture of the fitting?

shirehorse · 03 September 2008, 14:02

Would one of those rubber fittings for bib taps fit over the end of the tap or is it to large.

avon5.4 · 03 September 2008, 17:27

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.

avon5.4 · 04 September 2008, 18:07

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