Stuff keeps breaking...
And I can't seem to stop it, LOL
I don't mind if things break, but I wish they would abide by my schedule.
I didn't post about this, but somewhere around a month ago, the water pump gave out - it was leaking from the front. I went ahead and pulled it to see if I might be able to fix it, but to no avail. Upon taking the cover off, I found the rubber diaphragm inside was split - rotted through it looked like.
The PO of the boat was very good about labeling things and this was no different. Affixed to the bottom of the ShurFlo pump was a piece of tape marked "June, 2010." So I think it was about time for it to go.
Unfortunately, we'd not budgeted for that and had to carry ALL our water until yesterday.
I could have replaced the diaphragm for $100 or so, but instead chose to buy a setup from Amazon. It's a Chinese knockoff of the ShurFlo called "SeaFlo" - and it's such a knockoff that the parts are likely interchangeable.
See here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QN8D18H
The only thing wrong with it was the connection from the pump to the two-gallon accumulator was sucking air, and I had to disco it and add Teflon tape. After that, it worked flawlessly. Funny thing - they tell you in the directions that the tapered plastic ends will seal without tape. I tried that on the inlet and outlet - nope. And once those were sealed properly, you could hear the air sucking into the other fittings...
I also had to do a little creative engineering on the intake side because the existing Pex piping setup didn't match up to the height of the new system.
The two-gallon tank is very nice as you can use quite a bit of water before the pump has to cycle.
For $199, if it works for a couple of years before giving up the ghost, I will be satisfied.