I clean up my through hulls and stuffing boxes with vinegar. Put some in an empty spray bottle and soak the fitting scrub with a toothbrush sized wire brush and they come up looking like new. I then take a plumbers acid flux brush and coat the fitting with dielectric grease. You could use white spray grease but I like dielectric like the lady says about Reds hot sauce “I put that s#@t on everything
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Re: Teach me how to tighten rudder stuffing box
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1967 50c 12/71n DDA 525hp
ex Miss Betsy
owners:
Howard P. Miller 1967-1974
Richard F Hull 1974-1976
Robert J. & R.Scott Smith 1976-present