Blower hose

cschnetz

The blower hoses on my Fiesta V 250 are brittle and broken - how do you replace them?

PickleRick

Step one:  wait until it's cool outside 

Step two: gather flashlights, measuring tape and some hand tools.  Probably a Philips and flat screw driver, some snips and probably a 1/4 and 5/16 nut driver.  A hand full of nice long zip ties.

Step 3: stretch out very well, you're about to do some bending and crawling that would strain even an Olympic gymnast.

You're likely going to need to remove some batteries and possibly a water heater or even water tank to access all the hoses.  The smaller and more flexible you are the less issues you'll have.  

Step 4: As your remove the old hose run new marine hose and hang it back as you go.  

I've seen a few boats where you could remove the side vents to access the top of the hose,  you might get lucky here, be careful as the plastic is brittle.  


Good luck.  While stuff is removed clean the engine room as well as possible before reinstall.

You're likely to find some soft wood where batteries and water heater is found.  If screws won't go back and hold first try slightly bigger diameter screws.  If that fails  to hold items back in place fill holes with thickened epoxy.  Once cured drill small pilot hole and reinstall hardware.

Make sure you seal all mounting screws with 4200 or life calk