Exhaust HOSE (not elbow) Falmouth area?

KevO

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Ok so it's from the new elbow to the water trap ...

I need a piece of exhaust hose about a foot long. So far I've only been offered 2m of it for £85 from Mill Autos at Penryn. Any other suggestions in the local Falmouth area?
 
Whilst your doing that work its worth checking the condition of the hose from the water trap to the hull fitting. I was doing similar work to that you describe several years ago and by chance found the hose was brittle and crumbling, I found out when running the engine I was filling the boat up with water.

Best place for hose would be A.S.A.P supplies.
 
KevO,

You could try Falmouth Yacht Brokers engine man, (Devon? by name??) as he has stuff in his workshop. We got a 2' length of some piping for my mates boat last year. Commercial Road, Penryn.
 
Thanks for all the advice guys. Got sorted at Armada. The main drama was fitting the new elbow and piping while hanging upside down through a cockpit floor hatch in my Hustler!!! WAFJ that was!!!

And... Having got the old elbow off it looks perfectly sound and nowhere near as knackered as I feared it might be. I will clean it up and check it all over thoroughly but I think it'll certainly NOT be going in the skip any time soon.
 
Don't diss Mill too much, they are only motor factors after all, but I have fitted a S/S exhaust bellows from them, £45, so far it has lasted much longer than the £125 Mermaid item.
 
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