Sea strainer set ups
 

Looking for a " better mouse trap" installing new strainer in my 35' fountain. Trying to get a good idea of how to make it look nice and have them easily accessible in the front of the bilge . Any pictures of what you have will be most helpful. Thanks in advance

This required cutting, patching and welding, so you would need a fabrications shop that can work with 316L stainless. I removed the female fittings, patched the holes and had male NPT fittings installed so the shutoff valves could be threaded directly on to the strainer for fewer connection points. I also welded on fittings to attach the flush hoses BELOW the strainer screen so I could back-flush any debris out of the strainers if needed. All fittings were welded in positions to suit the hoses as they were routed in the boat.

When we were building our phantom we used 1 large sea strainer for both engines. It works well with a pressure relief. There is a pretty decent pic of the setup in our thread birth of a 34 phantom in the phantom section. Page 7.

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the gil is on motor , the CP perf on innercooler. If i change mine out i will get the larger deeper cp's


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That's funny you posted it. In my general Google search I saw this. And I'm now modeling after it. Thanks for the input everyone. I didn't know the sea strainers could be ordered left and right. Now I know. Looks awesome. Thanks again

You can also get them that swirl the opposite direction like Toilet Water Swirls different below the Equator:D

I know this is not about where to mount them but if you are buying new. I love my Stainless Marine ones. After dealing with leaking top screw, aluminum top strainers that were a P.I.T.A., I upgraded to them. They weren't cheap but they flow like crazy, have huge collection baskets, and are super easy to open & reseal. Plumbed them with a pair of valves to easily close off when cleaning or flushing the motors.

Please disregard the dirty bilge as they were being test fitted in the picture! LOL

What don`t I have pictures of.
 

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Has anyone ever hooked the 2 sea strainers together for the 2 engines? just wondering if it's worth doing for the redundancy....

I have had great luck with them as well.

I used TEAGUE Marine in my 35 Fountain, they will weld the bungs on any location and I had two of the inlets changed to male pipe thread so the ball valve would mount directly without a fitting. I also added a fresh water flush..


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So here is what I ended up with and think it's a good way to go. Thanks for your input everyone . It's been all winter rebuilding this thing and a ton of money. Just fixing the last of the wiring bugs and we ar good to go. I would also like to thank Tim St.clare and Billy Hamilton for all there great work in helping be get this done over the winter. That's my shout out to TOP REPAIR on Long Island . Has to be one of the best around . I can't tell you the things this guy has done for the locals here. Anyone from my area who is into preformance boating knows this guy. And if anyone has anything bad to say about him it's because the don't want to pay to do what needs to be done. Thanks Tim

Wow u have a tone of room in there. ....

Now I do lol

I have maybe 5 to 7 inches from the pulleys to the wall.... I have one strainer for the ac but none for the motors. Was thinking about putting some in but dont think I have the room.