I have an old Brydon toilet, on an 86 Bayliner, that is becoming very
difficult to operate. Handle very difficult to move up and down despite
lubrication. Is there a kit available for the plunger unit or do I have
to replace toilet ?

Thanks, Dave

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I have an old Brydon toilet, on an 86 Bayliner, that is becoming very
difficult to operate. Handle very difficult to move up and down despite
lubrication. Is there a kit available for the plunger unit or do I have
to replace toilet ?

Thanks, Dave



Post this to rec.boats.cruising and ping Peggy Hall for an answer.

wrote:
I have an old Brydon toilet, on an 86 Bayliner, that is becoming very
difficult to operate. Handle very difficult to move up and down despite
lubrication. Is there a kit available for the plunger unit or do I have
to replace toilet ?

Thanks, Dave

You might need the specific model number off you toilet. Or not. Some
of them are reputed to be the same as Jabsco.

Consider buying a new toilet. You can often find a new manual toilet
for no more than about twice the price of a rebuild kit, and then you
have everything brand new at once. The rebuild kit is still good to
carry, (especially if you have a one-head boat) because you can't
usually find a new toilet for a competitive price in one of the remote
or inconvenient places that toilets prefer to break down. You should be
able to swap out the entire works in about the same amount of time
required to do a rebuild, and if your old crapper is 20 years old, it's
has more than done its duty throughout all the years you have done the
same.

Just in case you haven't read about this... for general heads, not
specific to any types.

We race more than cruise and have learned some things the hard way (eg
a clog-up that meant holding-it-in-for-a-day till back on dock, where
the loo door was locked):
1) Use toilet paper that biodegrades easily. I actually tear it up
into pieces beofre use. Otherwise tp stays around or sticks in the
valves.
2) use some lubricant (ours is blue) before flushing
3) only tp, pee, poo, and blue. never ever allow anything else (no
tissues, no baby-wipes, no san.towels, no condoms, no paper towels, no
napkins, no cigarette butts, etc).
4) Make a rule of "pump-out 12 times" (the pumping actually can be
heard) or whatever. This makes sure everything is flushed through, not
accumulating to block up.
5) Have big instructions particularly if you have visitors (people are
too shy to ask, even regular users forget where the seacocks are, which
is pump-water-in, which is pump-sluice-out).

Also see topic 'Heads for small boats' in this group

Last block-up had 3 people dismantling the system (wearing arm-length
gloves) and the rest incl weak-stomach-me gagging above before running
away ashore. Didn't have to replace the whole unit.

Good luck
Solo Thesailor
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