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[Amel Yacht Owners] Electrial bilge pump SMM 2000
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Ian Shepherd <g4ljf@...>
Hello Walter.
I had to do this once in 2.25 years on Crusader. I have heard of similar problems from some other owners.The valves do not seem to be that well made and do not appear to have a positive enough closing. At least they are relatively easy to change. Regards Ian Shepherd Crusader
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the Lundstroms <linneasail@...>
Ian:
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Thank you for the help. Hopefully, we'll not going to have any more problems with the valves for a while. All the best, Walter
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From: Ian Shepherd To: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Electrial bilge pump SMM 2000 Hello Walter. I had to do this once in 2.25 years on Crusader. I have heard of similar problems from some other owners.The valves do not seem to be that well made and do not appear to have a positive enough closing. At least they are relatively easy to change. Regards Ian Shepherd Crusader Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: amelyachtowners-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
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Stephan Regulinski
I had my bilge pump overhauled in La Rochelle by Amel when it stopped
pumping after 2.5 years in service. 6 months later, it failed again. I disassembled the pump and found the flap problem that others have described. The flap was in fine shape, it simply failed to close. Not enough "springy-ness" apparently. To solve this problem, I inserted a piece of plastic (cut from a plastic wire tie) behind the flap. This has worked fine so far. If it fails to hold up, I will probably try a piece of spring steel (a piece of used bi- metal hack-saw blade should do it). This is a far sight cheaper than the rebuild kit.
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Anne and John Hollamby <hollamby@...>
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<May I suggest that drilling or better punching a hole in the centre of the upper outlet flap and using a small countersunk machine screw and nut to secure a washer or two on top of the flap to weight it down. I would have thought that a hacksaw blade would be too strong and be subject to severe rusting. Regards from John Hollamby Bali Hai SM319
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Stephan Regulinski
--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, Anne and John Hollamby
<hollamby@c...> wrote: Message text written by INTERNET:amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.comcentre of the<May I suggest that drilling or better punching a hole in the upper outlet flap and using a small countersunk machine screw andnut to secure a washer or two on top of the flap to weight it down. Iwould have thought that a hacksaw blade would be too strong and be subject tosevere rusting.Good thinking. Scratch the hacksaw blade, add the washers. So far, however, my piece of plastic (cut from a wire tie) continues to hold up nicely and the pump has now worked flawlessly for several weeks. Apparently, it only needs a little extra "umph" to get it to close properly.
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