I just purchase a used boat, and I made a list of things that needed to done before using it. One of the things that had broken was the bilge pump connection to the out-port hose. Seemed to be a simple task in my mind to get done. However, that was not the case. The first thing I found out was that working in a closed-in area that boat builders create can also create some weird body positions. Today I am sore all over from trying to get into all those positions. Through the years I have been amaized at how well car and boat manufactures can build them, but how badly they are when you have to go back in and replace parts. My thought is that if the guy who puts the boat/car on paper could talk to the guy who will be replacing the part, life may be a little easier. I am sure if you work on boats and cars you know what I mean. The problem with this bilge pump replacement was no room to get your hands into to work, bilge pump plastic broke leaving the ring of plastic in the hose, the screw head on the clamp rusted off, could not cut hose off with knife because the bilge hose was made of hard plastic, the bilge hose was too short to start with, bilge hose ran under a piece of aluminum plate making the hose unaccessible. Solution...finally managed to get a Drimel tool in to cut off the clamp and put an extender adaptor to get hose on. Elapsed time of project a little over three hours. My point here is try to replace things before things begin to rust and fall off and hope people who build our boats and cars begin to use their brains, which I am not putting a lot of faith into that thought. I can't wait to replace my graph wires now.
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