I'll claim to be the dummy. :wink: Please feel free to correct/sharpen my operational understanding of the manual head in my boat.
1. Use the head.
2. On the seacock just starboard of the keel under the cabin floor, lift the valve handle to the vertical position. (The seacock just port of the keel in the same location is where the macerator pump discharges.)
3. On the head/toilet by the hand pump, lift the metal rod to the vertical position to allow water to be drawn into the toilet.
4. Engage the hand pump to draw water into the toilet. (This isn't working and is my problem.)
5. Do your business.
6. With the metal rod still in the vertical position, pump until your business is gone. (Pulling up draws sea water into the bowl. Pushing down moves waste and sea water into the holding tank.)
7. Once waste is removed, move the metal rod by the hand pump to the horizontal position. Continue pumping until the bowl is dry.
Thanks for any help.
1. Use the head.
2. On the seacock just starboard of the keel under the cabin floor, lift the valve handle to the vertical position. (The seacock just port of the keel in the same location is where the macerator pump discharges.)
3. On the head/toilet by the hand pump, lift the metal rod to the vertical position to allow water to be drawn into the toilet.
4. Engage the hand pump to draw water into the toilet. (This isn't working and is my problem.)
5. Do your business.
6. With the metal rod still in the vertical position, pump until your business is gone. (Pulling up draws sea water into the bowl. Pushing down moves waste and sea water into the holding tank.)
7. Once waste is removed, move the metal rod by the hand pump to the horizontal position. Continue pumping until the bowl is dry.
Thanks for any help.