Hello All,
I am looking to upgrade my bilge pump in my 1983 E38. If you have this style of boat with the TAFG grid it doesn't leave a whole lot of room to fit a larger blige pump down into that cramped space between keelbolts. Also the TAFG grid has molded in pass-thru's for hoses that don't look easily enlarged so even getting a bigger hose in will be a task. So my questions are these:
1. How do you fit any bilge pump larger than a Rule 500/800 in a E38?
2. Any ideas on installing larger hose?
3. Strangely enough both the single Rule 500 bilge pump and the second Rule 500 shower sump pump on my boat are attached to the same thruhull with a "T" Obviously not an ideal situation. I plan to install a dedicated thruhull for the bilge pump, larger if I can fit it.
4. Some recommend a siphon break in the bilge lines, some don't... My bilge pump has one and the shower pump does not. Both lines are looped to a high point on the starboard side of the engine room. Seems high enough to me but I am not sure.
Thanks, RT
I am looking to upgrade my bilge pump in my 1983 E38. If you have this style of boat with the TAFG grid it doesn't leave a whole lot of room to fit a larger blige pump down into that cramped space between keelbolts. Also the TAFG grid has molded in pass-thru's for hoses that don't look easily enlarged so even getting a bigger hose in will be a task. So my questions are these:
1. How do you fit any bilge pump larger than a Rule 500/800 in a E38?
2. Any ideas on installing larger hose?
3. Strangely enough both the single Rule 500 bilge pump and the second Rule 500 shower sump pump on my boat are attached to the same thruhull with a "T" Obviously not an ideal situation. I plan to install a dedicated thruhull for the bilge pump, larger if I can fit it.
4. Some recommend a siphon break in the bilge lines, some don't... My bilge pump has one and the shower pump does not. Both lines are looped to a high point on the starboard side of the engine room. Seems high enough to me but I am not sure.
Thanks, RT