Help with I.D of Strainers

Hi,

Jeez Dave, they must be about the easiest simple seals to make yourself if you don't have real ones.

Just get some fibre centred rubber gasket material (The fibre stops the rubber squeezing out so much when under pressure) and cut some new ones.

Use a bit of glue on the ones either end of the clear body bit and some lube on the one for the lid.

You might even find seals from another brand will fit if they are of the correct dimensions.

That's so they can charge more for them. Find or make a nice soft O-ring that fits snugly in the groove of the end pieces.

But really, a good chandlery should have a large selection of replacement seals for just about any strainer that has been around for a while. The logo lids are custom but there isn't much chance a foundry or small company making those things would order proprietary seals when they only cost pennies for standard items manufactured by the millions for other industrial applications.

If nothing else, take K1W1's advice and learn how to make gaskets. It's an old maritime tradition that needs to be passed along. Here's a link to the tried and true that's kept engine rooms dry(ish) for generations:

http://www.allpaxcorp.com/cgi-bin/a/products/extension.html?id=pwMPZdDA

The strainers are Asian maybe Chinease copies of a Groco strainer. I have seen them on a few Taiwanese built yachts over the years, and that is the ONLY place I have seen them. I have not been able to get wear parts for them or even know the manufacturer's name. Sometimes you can find a perko or groco strainer basket to fit. But as for the O-rings/gaskets you will probably have to make them. Contacting the manufacturer of the vessel may help you get parts. I just replace them with a groco or perko sea-strainer as needed, sea-strainers are not all that expensive. I would probably replace with groco as needed so they have a similar appearance to the ones that are origional.

I also forgot to mention that the quality of the bronze in those foreign strainers is not good either and I have seen them fall apart.

Ordering the Groco's is your best bet IMO.

Dave, Why should this have jack**** to do with the strainer maker?