Garden hose hook ups, what r u using?
 

I'm trying to find a good looking functional "bung" or "quick disconnect" for a water hose to connect to on the hull side next to the transom. I want to put it next to the water dump or the bilge dump.
I'm getting tired of climbing inside to connect it to my strainer.

Thanks

Use these for my water tank fill and also for my engine flush.

I sen this on ship shape tv last night.... Looks pretty cool....
http://www.superflushsystems.com/cms.php?id_cms=9

Superflush will be the method I'll be using if I'm taking the boat to the East Coast. Can't beat it, simple and no running on the muffs!

I just installed the kit from Mercury for the 496. Great kit! Could have built it cheaper myself, but still a great, factory add-on. The quick-connects are different then any I have seen.

Can you post a pic?

so is it better to got straight to the sea water pumps when winterizeing and dewinterizeing then using the muffs? on my old boat i had a 454 and just used the muffs. now i have 500 efi's.

Works better for me. No worries of muffs sliding off.

Such a simple design with no valves to switch.

How is yours plumbed in so that there are no valves? Do you have something like the Perko flush kits with the check valves?

Here is a link with the flush connectors for the Mercruiser flush kit.
http://www.psepmarineparts.biz/store...nector_kit.htm

They seal when not connected so there is no need for a valve. I just turn the hose on with the quick-connect hooked up. Hook it up to the quick-connect on the motor and start it up. Quick and easy. It back-flows through your outdrive to flush that out as well. You can also flush the engine while it is in the water.

I like it better then the flush kits from Perko with the check valves because there is a lot less to go wrong with this setup.

It plums in-line with your 1.25 inch hose from the outdrive to your water pump. Very quick and easy install (if you have good access).

Nope. Even easier with NO MOVING parts to stick or fail.

I just have a tee plumbed into the hose right before the seawater pump. From that tee, a hose goes up to the hose fittings.
With the motor off and water hooked to the fitting, water will run out the drive. But as soon as I start the motor, the suction from the pump pulls the water into it, and the flow stops going out the drive. So simple, Merc should do it. :)

Only thing to watch is too make sure the cap is secured back on when done, otherwise it will be a air leak and the seawater pump won't pull water thru the drive when in the lake.

I'm actually looking for a quick disconnect like you would see on an air line. I don't mind flipping a valve on the strainer. I just don't want the hose going over the side ( yea I know pet pev). I just want to snap it into the hull side. I may just make one.