Fellow Nonsuchers,
There have been several notes regarding where to buy, and best price, for the foot pump on a NS30. But I can’t find advice on how to access the pump in order to remove and replace without taking the surrounding cabinet apart.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Best,
Jim Falcon
Ballybay NS30U #357
Warren, RI
Jim - I believe that the foot pedal comes right off with a pull (or something like that).
Ernie A. in Toronto
Yes Ernie your right. Just pull the “rubber “ off
Beware when installing new pump there is an “in and an out”
Which are interchangeable
A couple big the bolts take lots of patience to add the washers and nuts on the inside which you can’t see!!
Safe Sailing
Cedric. Single Malt
26C #207
Chester Nova Scotia
I also think there is a right or left flow option. Look at old one before ordering new. Bob Horne, N26C. 249. 1989. Pocasset , MA. Encore.
Jim;
We had a pump like that, original. Our foot pedal would fall off. When we got the fresh water re-done last winter, I specified a new pump be installed, and (because I was doing other work close to that area) I removed the original.
As Cedric says, there are some screws screwed in vertically, in the attached picture, you can maybe see two of the screws on the front of the pump, and there were two on the back. You can also see the output piping.
By the way, on this pump, the pivot-pin for the foot pedal was almost out, it needed pushing back in place (knurl in the middle of the pin) but I decided to just replace the thing; a 40+ year old diaphragm pump would likely be nearing end of life, anyway.
Ours is a 26C, but picture may give you a different angle on the pump to help you figure out what you are going to do.
JohnS NS26C, Bath, ON.
let me edit - “Our foot pedal RUBBER FOOT PAD would fall off.” and when we are usually barefoot, one notices!
JohnS, NS26C 046, no longer needing bandaids on bottom of left foot, Bath, ON.
Cannot help you with how to get the old pump out, but note that our 1987 30U has the pump on the right side in the cabinet under the sink, not the left under the drawers. It appears Hinterholler came to realize that they were putting the pump in a place where it would be very difficult to maintain. For your task - I suggest gloves - looks like it will be a real knuckle buster.
lloyd herman
Rendezvous, 1987 30U #424
Port Washington, NY
Did the job on my previous boat, a N26C, where it’s slightly more conveniently located like John’s.
My vague recollection is that the pump has four feet bolted to the floor. John’s picture shows the front two, but there’s a matching pair hidden by the pump body in back. There are also four horizontal bolts holding the front, middle and back sections of the pump together. John’s picture shows the top two.
With luck, IF you can get the hoses off, loosening the bottom bolts without fully removing all of them might give you enough play to wiggle the old pump off. Otherwise, disassembling the three pieces might be an option to facilitate removal. (Resist the temptation to do that for getting the new pump in, though. It’s very difficult to get it back together, I learned the hard way.)
Some of the replacement pumps come with inlets and outlets that swivel to allow flexibility in the direction that the hoses have to come in from. You may be able to simplify installation by pre-installing some elbows and hoses on the current hoses, doing the same on the pump in advance, and joining the extensions at a more conveniently accessible location as the last step.
If you have some specialized tools, like hinged wrenches and flexible driver extensions, those may help.
I don’t envy you the job. It is a knuckle-buster. I did not enjoy it. Quite likely, some very ungentlemanly language will be spoken before you’re done.
– Bob
Me Gusta
Nonsuch e26U #233
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 10:19:26 AM UTC-7 Julie & Lloyd on Rendezvous wrote:
