I would appreciate any tips or tricks to replace the discharge hose on the manual bilge pump. The manual bilge pump is located in the aft section of the port cockpit locker. It is avery tight squeeze to get to it and it appears I will need to remove the pump to replace the discharge hose. The manual bilge pump is a Whale Gusher 10. My boat is a 36 MK 1, model year 1985, hull number 397.
Thanks!
You could consider removing the instrument panel. This would give you access from the top providing there is slack in cables.
Gary Bain
S/V "Gone With The Wind"
Catalina 36', Hull #: 1056, Year: 1990, Engine: M-35
Standard Rig
Moored: Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Home: Auburn, Maine
Thanks for the suggestion on removing the engine instrument panel.
I will give this a try on reinstalling the manual bilge pump.
With a lot of stretching I was finally able to reach the mounting screw nuts through the port locker and remove the pump. This "reach" method will probably not work on the reinstallation.
While I have the manual bilge pump out, I plan to replace the rubber components using the Service Kit . In the Installation and User Instructions the manufacturer recommends replacing the rubber components every three years regardless of the condition.
I have the Whale Gusher 10 MK 3 manual bilge pump.
Well good luck in your reassembly. I have been giving some thought to rebuilding my manual pump, although I have never used it. The rubber is sort of chalky and I suspect it could fail if I really needed to use it.
Gary Bain
S/V "Gone With The Wind"
Catalina 36', Hull #: 1056, Year: 1990, Engine: M-35
Standard Rig
Moored: Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Home: Auburn, Maine
Use a heat gun or pour very hot water to soften the hoses.
peter g
2000 C36, MK2, Hull. #1897
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Here's a follow-on to my previous posts.
To reinstall the manual bilge pump I removed the instrument panel but was still unable to stretch far enough to reach the screws.
Also, every manner of contortion I could twist myself into inside the port locker did not work.
Finally, I had to enlarge the opening in the aft part of the port locker where the manual bilge pump discharge hose exits to the lazarette. I was then able to reach into the port locker and reinstall the manual bilge pump.
I kept an eye on this larger opening and did not detect any ill effects over the course of the season.
While I had the manual bilge pump out I was able to follow the instructions that came with the rebuild kit; the pump is now as good as new. The pump upon disassembly had only moderate amounts of crud buildup and would have worked if not for the cracked discharge hose that started this whole project.