[Scott]

John
Cant speak to the original equipment question...but as to your other question I would definitely replace as I did just what you said and snapped a badly corroded, poorly installed thru hull off down at the pick up. I tried tapping it to break up the corrosion, penetrating oils, heat... well you get the idea...then I just put a little muscle [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] into it and POW....This better not have been a factory install ... as it was very poorly done. I would even consider getting rid of one of those thru hulls and feeding both from one...My personal opinion is the less holes in the bottom the better...I've seen one too many boat on the bottom in its slip because of below the water line failure of plumbing...Including a relatively new (three year old) Davis boat.....Talk about an ouch!!

Scott