[Public-List] Stephen -Whale gusher 10 pump

Richard J Hughes rjhughes at shaw.ca
Sat Sep 18 22:25:33 PDT 2010


A kit for the whale gusher is still readily available.  If the nut is 
screwed so is likely the rest. Change the nut, diaphragm, and the two rubber 
flap intake/outflow while you're at it.

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From: "Stephen Gwyn" <gwyn at beluga.phys.uvic.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 10:04 PM
To: <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Subject: [Public-List] Whale gusher 10 pump

>
> Hi,
>
> I took apart my manual bilge pump. It's a whale gusher
> 10, like most or all Alberg 30s. It mostly looks OK except
> for one nut on the inside of the diaphragm, on the end of
> the bolt going through the diaphram. This fell apart when
> I tried to remove it. It looks like it should be a 1/2 inch
> coarse threaded nut, but when I bought one it wouldn't
> go on. Is it some kind of metric nut? Or is it special
> to Whale pumps? It look like it was aluminum. Should
> buy the 99$ kit just for the nut, or should replace
> the nut with SS if/when I can find the right size?
>
> Anybody have experience with this?
>
> Stephen
> Quasar #495
>
>
>
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