Bradley Guy
New Member
Hello knowledgable folks,
I'm hoping someone could tell me what I would find if I were to cut a big hole in the fiberglass liner at the bottom of my 1984 E26 bilge access openings. Specifically, how deep is the area underneath and where would the lowest point be?
I get a lot of water in the bilge. I belive it's mostly rainwater from stanchions and fittings that I'll need to re-bed this summer. But in the meantime, I'd like to install a small automatic bilge pump. At present, the bilge access is too shallow to fit a pump, and if I install a pump I'd like to get it as low in the true bilge as possible. There seems to be quite a bit of void under the liner (enough to fit almost 2 gallons of water anyway).
Also, if anyone has any reasons why I really shouldn't (carefully) cut into this please enlighten me.
Photos of my poor old sole and the openings in question are attached.
Thanks!!
I'm hoping someone could tell me what I would find if I were to cut a big hole in the fiberglass liner at the bottom of my 1984 E26 bilge access openings. Specifically, how deep is the area underneath and where would the lowest point be?
I get a lot of water in the bilge. I belive it's mostly rainwater from stanchions and fittings that I'll need to re-bed this summer. But in the meantime, I'd like to install a small automatic bilge pump. At present, the bilge access is too shallow to fit a pump, and if I install a pump I'd like to get it as low in the true bilge as possible. There seems to be quite a bit of void under the liner (enough to fit almost 2 gallons of water anyway).
Also, if anyone has any reasons why I really shouldn't (carefully) cut into this please enlighten me.
Photos of my poor old sole and the openings in question are attached.
Thanks!!