Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Upgrading the bilge pump,


The old bilge pump (a 2000 gph) has gone to pieces and won’t pump any more. This leaves only the manual  pump as a back up. When I went shopping on line for a replacement I found a 3700 gph pump for the same price as the old 2000.
 Almost double the volume for the same price,,, Yes! The only trouble is to pump that much water I would need to install a large water hose. No big thing in a plastic boat but the Goose is made of steel so, I had to cut holes thru 3 steel bulkheads. What a pain in the posterior as well as the knees.


 The holes got cut and now it’s off to the store for about 30 feet of 2 inch hose  to run the water out to the back of the boat.


What a mess!

4 comments:

  1. well its always good to have proper tools, have you considered a cutting torch? just think of all the holes you could make and have the capability to repair uh ohs rapidly!

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  2. well its always good to have proper tools, have you considered a cutting torch? just think of all the holes you could make and have the capability to repair uh ohs rapidly!

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  3. well its always good to have proper tools, have you considered a cutting torch? just think of all the holes you could make and have the capability to repair uh ohs rapidly!

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  4. Danny, you have a sick sense of humor... but Last year, I just might have taken the torch to the whole boat! Happy holidays to ya all!

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