Following up on Rick's comment, I found on my Whale Gusher pump that the
flappers were not working because the internal threads for the screws
that hold them in place had corroded in the tapped holes in the pump
body. The metal was some cast alloy and it wasn't just stripped
threads, there was no material left to tap oversized threads; in other
words, it was junk. Maybe Devcon would have worked, but I replaced it
with a plastic body version, works fine.
Neil Gallagher
Weatherly, 35-1
Glen Cove, NY
On 10/17/2018 9:17 PM, Chris Graham via CnC-List wrote:
That very well could be it Rick!! I haven’t pulled it apart or really
gotten into it yet and it may need to wait for spring as the days are
shorter and the snow is on its way.
I wasn’t sure if there was a check valve in the system or not and the
previous owner was unsure. She has a brand new electric bilge pump but
not sure that has a check valve either. Something I was going to
install next season
Thanks for the tip. I’ll see what I find :)
Chris
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On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 9:10 PM, Rick Brass via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
I think you might find that the bilge pump you have is a Whale
Gusher. At least the pump in my 75 vintage 25 mk1 was a Whale.
My problem was not the diaphragm but the flapper valves in the
inlet and outlet of the pump. They no longer sealed properly after
25 or 30 years in place. A relatively inexpensive rebuild kit and
a few hours labor fixed the problem.
On my 25, the pump is mounted on the bottom side of the cockpit
sole. The hardest part of the repair was crawling down there to
remove the pump and then reinstalling it later.
Which reminds me I need to add a pump rebuild to the list of
projects on my 38.
Rick Brass
Washington, NC
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*Subject:* Stus-List Manual bilge
The diaphragm on the manual bilge pump in the cockpit seems to be
compromised. Would one try to find a new diaphragm to replace it
or install a better system in the lazarette, such as a whale or
something similar?
Do they even make replacement diaphragms for a 1978 26’?
Chris
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