Fix for galley sink faucet drip on 342 EC

needmotoolsneedmotools Member Posts: 12 ✭
in Rinker Express Cruisers Forum

The galley sink faucet on my 342 EC was hard to completely turn off so it did not drip. I could have replaced the washers on the valve stem, but I was looking for a better solution and found new ceramic disk cartridge valves from Ambassador Marine. They fit and worked awesome. The new design does not require cranking on the handle to shut the water off. The mechanism in these cartridges have internal parts and require almost no force to turn on or off… and they don’t drip and wake me up in the middle of the night.

I called Ambassador Marine and Andrew was a huge help. He did not think they were the original manufacturer of the faucet but for $9.00 each I decided to try the valves and they fit and worked perfect. The only problem was the old handle and screws did not fit the new cartridge valve. Andrew helped me get the part numbers for the matching Trinidad handles, screws and blue/red caps. Great service from Ambassador Marine!  Some of the parts are not available to order on the website so call directly. 

It is confusing because they have two websites... One lists all their products: https://www.ambassadormarine.com/ and the other is used to order products & parts: http://ambassadorfaucets.com/

I made a YouTube video of the repair: https://youtu.be/T5Sm2LyVvOE

Link to faucet drawing PDF with a parts list: https://downloads.ambassador-amc.com/parts/marine/133-/133-0202-xx_RevB.pdf

Here are the parts I used:

  • E-507176N – Ceramic disk cartridge for Cold
  • E-507175N – Ceramic disk cartridge for Hot
  • E-029124 – Trinidad handle x2
  • E-008154 – Screw x2
  • E-028109H – Red cap
  • E-028109C – Blue cap
New ceramic disk cartridge (top) - Original stem valve (bottom):

New handles installed on my galley sink with the new cartridge valves:


2008 Sea Ray 38 Sundancer (previous: 2006 Rinker 342 EC)
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