[Public-List] whale pump

[gdinwiddie at alberg30.org]

David

On Calypso, #543, the mounting bolts for the pump are flathead screws in 
the port cockpit seat, aft of the locker opening. Hold that with a 
screwdriver while turning the nut.

  - George

On 7/2/23 5:40 PM, David Terrell via Public-List wrote:
> some time ago this group helped me confirm which whale pump I had. At
> that time there was a problem removing the pump so that it could be
> serviced. The problem is that there are two bolts on the port side of
> the pump area that play role in holding the pump up. On one of them it
> was easy to remove the nut. On the other one, not so. When I came back
> to this project yesterday, it turned out that both the bolt and the
> nut were turning together. The result was that the nut would not come
> out. The tightness of the space does not allow one to make the bolt be
> stable while the nut is turned off.
> So, I would appreciate any help in solving this problem. I do not see
> how one could change to valves in the pump without removing it.
> Changing the diaphragm was easy.
> your thoughts?
> David, 432
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