Hello Mike, originally the stuffing box tube is laminated/covered (at the workbench) with GRP, then brought inside the vessel, held aligned with the rudder pintle bearing (thanks to a tool) and

Hi again. In all my years I've never seen the box itself break out of its glassed in mount. Where is the boat now? If indeed its come lose I'd suggest you get the boat hauled before you get into any

Joel, I replaced the Joker Valve on the end of the "bilge" pump hose. It was leaking, but possibly it would not be noticed. I happen to notice it when cleaning the sump. When I removed the hose from

Good luck Mike. I am hopping that someone has some actual experience with this and can give you some advice. Bill BeBe 387

Thank you all for responding! So, I cleaned the bilge after work today using Bill R's advice. I also removed the pump and checked it over 100%. It is in great shape and looks as if it were recently

Good morning Patrick, on my system, there is a piece of channel steel between the frame, this is bolted to the top of the C drive by 4 bolts. It is supported by another Vetus mount each end and is

It is the latter.

Is it the actual stuffing box that is turning or just the large white nut ? If its the nut then its easily fixed by repacking the gland and tightening the nut. If it is actually the stuffing box,

Ah, the usually negative’ Law Of Unintended Consequences’ can sometimes be a good thing! Will miss seeing you both in Annapolis during the show as this is the first time in 39 years that I won’t

I simply covered buttons with big Tesa tape (the grey one with textile core) to be changed every year or so, but during winter the windlass has a sumbrella protection, like the winches. That

From my previous you may guess that I have. I have found after working on the pump valves that the problem was solved at the bottom Danny Sent from Samsung Mobile

Joel, I cleaned this the other day as my flapper valve inside the pump fell off. I found the screws, the flapper and the small metal plate inside the one-way valve. So, the valve is dual purpose

My boat's 16 yrs old and I'm sure still has the original. Kent SM 243

Just out of curiosity more than anything else, has anyone ever had the one way valve/prime retainer device on the end of the electric bilge pump intake hose fail? In 30 plus years of messing around in

Great infoBill, thanks. Kent

When the previous owner of Kristy rebuilt my pump, he must have used non SS screws to secure the flapper valves, or poor quality stainless. The screws were rusted almost through and broke when I

The valve at the bottom of the bilge pump hose is made by whale and available in many chandleries. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

I find a critical is to have the non return valve in the foot valve at the bottom of the suction hose working well. That keeps the suction hose full up to the pump so the pump doesn't have to suck too

For your information: I recently wrote Riza at Emek in Gocek and discovered that he has the white plastic gear that eventually fails in our SM and 54 sump pumps (bilge pumps). He also has the sump

Bill, Go to Photos and search "bilge" You will find most everything you need. All of the repair kits I have installed have come from Amel. Bill BeBe 387