We're gonna do what?? » Repairs http://vagabondvoyages.com We won't know 'til we get there Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:11:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Bilge Repairs….Endurance 40 Ferrocement http://vagabondvoyages.com/2009/10/bilge-repairs-endurance-40-ferrocement/ http://vagabondvoyages.com/2009/10/bilge-repairs-endurance-40-ferrocement/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:29:11 +0000 Los Vagabundos http://vagabondvoyages.com/?p=40 I wanted my first job on El Vagabundo to be an easy one. The shower would not drain and there was water in the engine room and the forward bilge area. I checked the bilge pump and it just wasn’t doing a good enough job in the engine room and no water at all was draining from the shower.

So I set out to get the job done. I was hoping to have the help of a local mechanic, but he was busy, so I had to man up and do it myself. Mind you, I am not a mechanic and, although I know my way around a tool box, I’m far from a DIY Guru dude. The idea was to install a new pump and run new hoses. Well, it’s a bigger job now. Four pumps and a new system is in order! So far, I have replaced the main pump and the water is out of both bilge areas and the shower is draining.

Now that a new hose has been run, all I have to do is install the new pumps!

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