Raw Water Pump Impellers

After returning home form our Crescent Yacht Club trip Sunday, 6-12-11 from the Bush River Yacht Club for their Opening Weekend, we headed over to the gas dock to get fuel.
While we were there, I noticed that the bilge pump came on and pumped out a significant amount of water.
So I investigated this by opening the engine room hatch and immediately discovered that water was pouring into the bilge from the STBD engine Raw Water pump housing area.

So........ we hurried back to our dock and shut it down.
Too hot to do anything then except turn off the sea-cock to prevent more water from coming in.

So Monday night after work, you know what I had to work on!

Luckily, I had the parts "in stock" down in my basement!  No really!
I had bought them as spares for our previous 310DA Sea Ray boat with 5.7 L small block engines.
Turns out to be the same pump housing for our newer 3870 Cruisers with 7.4 L big blocks, go figure!

Wah La, Thank you, there is a God!

Monday night I was able to investigate further and remove the pump.  It was a crack on the pump housing.
Go figure.
I put the new replacement pump and housing together and started the engine up and it's all good now.
This ended up being around 9:30 PM, which was too late to start on the other engine for me.
I'm just too old now-a-days...........

Then on Tuesday, I did the other engine, the PORT side engine.
This went a little quicker and smoother as the learning curve was done on the first engine.

By the time I finished up, it was again after 9 PM and I must say, I was beat.
My body isn't used to playing boat mechanic and putting it into places and positions that bodies don't usually get into!
I had to go home and draw a tub full of water and soak in it for an hour......

These bones and my body are just too old to keep doing what I'm used to doing.
I can't be the EverReady Battery all the time!

But, now the job is done and completely fixed in less than 2 days and it didn't cost me a cent.
What a treat!

That makes us on-time and ready to go away again this weekend over to another one of our sister Yacht Clubs, the Bodkin Yacht Club.
Those people are a fun crowd too, and we are looking forward to going.

If I don't get to say it before Sunday, HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all you fathers out there.
Enjoy your day!


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Lee