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3607 Shower Sump
- km1125
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3607 Shower Sump
Here's a pic of the fwd sump, but it's basically identical to the original aft sump before I pulled it out.
After getting it out and starting to price some parts (the reservoir needed new 'thru-hulls'), I decided just to replace the whole thing with an assembly. I can't believe how much some of the vendors are getting for these. I ended up buying a knock-off and putting it in. All the new ones have regular impeller-type pumps in them, so they all leave a level of water in the reservoir. My old pumps are diaphragm pumps and could suck the entire reservoir dry, but they did have a float so the float would shutoff before they were completely dry. I had debated for several years to add a push-button manual switch in parallel with the float, so you could run the pump for a few seconds to clear out that remaining water, but never did that.
Here is a pic of the install. Figured while I had it out I took out the mounting below the reservoir and cleaned and painted the whole compartment. After putting it in I realized it had to also replace the bolt that you use to pull the hatch, as it was too long and would hit the lid of the reservoir and not go flush to the floor. The old reservoir had no lid. The new pump is MUCH, MUCH quieter than the originals.
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Re: 3607 Shower Sump
I have to clean our aft sump at least twice a year and forward at least once.
And the aft is always pretty bad, as we use the shower often.
The new one looks good. Let us know if it lasts as long as the original.
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Re: 3607 Shower Sump
I like the shiny bilge BTW
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Re: 3607 Shower Sump
I popped the top off today and used some plastic polish on the inside of it. That stops a lot of the condensation inside and makes it easy to see what's going on inside.
For those folks that might have noticed the missing mounting screw... I had left my box of misc ss screws at home when I mounted it, so I didn't have the right size. That's been resolved now.
Thinking I might re-purpose the old pumps and make a "dry bilge" system with them. I could use one in the engine room and one in the forward compartment. They are diaphragm pumps so they could suck the bilge down to 1/16" and they are ignition-rated. I still have conventional shaft seals so I always get a drip in the engine room.
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