Water drain holes on side of hull/Transom light housing

PDACPA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:48 am

I noticed on some newer Four Winns that the round water drain holes on the hull (cooler) are stainless. Mine are white plastic. Can they be replaced or are they part of the entire drain?

Is there a name for them to search for?

Can you get the transom light housing in stainless instead of the cheap plastic? Mines fine, but I see some rust on the edge.

Cap'n Morgan · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:50 am

You can replace the thru hulls with stainless if you wish. I would imagine Attwood or another aftermarket company has a stainless transom light that would replace what you have currently.

PDACPA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:11 am

Thanks. I found the plastic ones on FW site, but no stainless. I just think they will last longer and no rust stains. Attwood an aftermarket part supplier?

Graham R · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:12 am

The drains on mine are plastic bodied but but with a stainless trim on the outside!

Graham

Cap'n Morgan · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:24 am

Attwood, is an OEM and Aftermarket supplier to the marine industry (A Brunswick Company).
They have a variety of products that are available,shop around.
Here is one place you can check.
http://www.jmsonline.net/ATTWOOD-NAVIGATION-LIGHTS.htm

Seafarer and Attwood make some reasonably priced SS thru hull fittings. Check these guys for some.
http://www.discountmarinesupplies.com/P ... pters.html

PDACPA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:39 am

Thanks Cap'n. Just what I was looking for.

Mine are all white plastic.

Jim_R · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:36 pm

Yeah the thru hulls on my 2007 were plastic with a faux stainless exterior. I replaced them with Atwood SS thru hulls when I did my bilge pump upgrades. I'll edit this with a link to that thread. Even although I went up several sizes because of the larger bilge pumps the orifice on the Atwood thru hulls looked smaller than that of the stock thru hull!, so not only do they look stainless, but they look much larger than they actually are too. :roll:

edit - here's the link, there's some pics and comparisons over there:
http://www.smwebhead.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1206

PDACPA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:49 pm

Narwhal - Did you just remove the old and widen the hole a bit to fit it in? I am guessing the larger diameter required the new hose.

So now I went from wanting stainless drain holes to changing my bildge pump and float! The Admiral will love you for that! :mrgreen:

Cap'n Morgan · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:54 pm

PDACPA wrote:

Narwhal - Did you just remove the old and widen the hole a bit to fit it in? I am guessing the larger diameter required the new hose.

So now I went from wanting stainless drain holes to changing my bildge pump and float! The Admiral will love you for that! :mrgreen:

Note Jim_ R (not narwhal) chose to upgrade his bilge pumps BEFORE he changed thru hulls.
You can follow suit if you wish, but as long as your bildge pump works, I would just change the thru hulls only.

www.iFourWinns.com

Water drain holes on side of hull/Transom light housing

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