F30 Freshwater Pump Replacement

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mike cunningham
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Re: F30 Freshwater Pump Replacement

Post by mike cunningham »

This is really a brilliant location for the pump. I'll have to find a new place for my cooking pots tho.

I have exactly the same issue on my 30. The pump is jammed in there between tank and battery with zero room to get at the pump for inspection/maintenance. Getting it moved to the sink area would be fantastic. Not only that but it is not a particularly complicated mod.
Mike Cunningham
Freedom 30 (Mull) Hull #3
Build date...June, 1986 . Freedom Yachts USA, sloop, shoal keel
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Tricia
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Re: F30 Freshwater Pump Replacement

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I can still fit a nesting set of pots and some cleaning supplies under the sink.

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mike cunningham
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Re: F30 Freshwater Pump Replacement

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Yea, I think I would have enough room too, just need to re-organize for the ten millionth time.

You mentioned a manual pump stubbed off the tank to pump feed. Could you tell us a bit more about what you did with the manual pump, where you located it and what it looks like?
Mike Cunningham
Freedom 30 (Mull) Hull #3
Build date...June, 1986 . Freedom Yachts USA, sloop, shoal keel
Gun Mount and pole retrofitted (purchased from a Hoyt Freedom 32)
Yanmar 2gm20F , 1600 hrs fixed two blade prop
e-rud and ocean racing equipment

Tricia
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Re: F30 Freshwater Pump Replacement

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It's a little Whale Flipper hand pump just outboard of the main sink faucet. I have discovered that I need to keep the lever in the fully down position or air gets into the line and triggers the electric pump.

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rvivian
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Re: F30 Freshwater Pump Replacement

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Another suggestion - I've got a pump like Tricia's on a platform at the top of the bilge just under the floorboards. Everything is much easier to access than either the original position under the chart table or under the sink.

Boat is 197 miles away up in Blaine now, so no pictures.
Heart's Desire
Freedom 30
Shelton, WA

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Castaway
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Re: F30 Freshwater Pump Replacement

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Had to do this a few years ago. I don't know what prices are like in the US, but here I made a substantial saving by buying from a caravan/RV supplier, rather than a marine chandlery. The pumps appeared identical, though with different names. The cheap replacement has lasted more than ten years, and still runs perfectly.

The headline caught my eye; I couldn't think why I should replace MY pump.
Gerald Freshwater,
s/y 'Castaway', (UK F35 cat ketch, centreboard, 1987)
Lerwick Boating Club
Shetland Isles, Scotland

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