earl60446
Well-known member
First, let me say Hi, been lurking for a while when I had my 1973 lund and 15hp mariner.
I recently picked up a 1989 fisher sv2 with 1988 johnson 48hp spl motor. This boat has a livewell, the pump is mounted at the transom and hosed to the front of the boat into livewell, the livewell has a stand pipe with hole near bottom and hole at top. Stand pipe drains straight down to a thru hull fitting, not to the transom. In any case, I went fishing with a friend (first time this boat) and was going ok when I decided to try the livewell, water pumped in and drained ok, ran for only 30 sec or so. About 10 minutes later I see water in back of boat. Turn on bilge, its pumping and pumping. Go back under by livewell pump and I see it is leaking at the hose connection, I grab it and it comes off in my hand, the output tube has broken off. Water coming thru the pump "good" now. Buddy gives me a screwdriver and I dig the broken part out of hose, loosen hose clamp. Grab pump to shove hose back on what is left of the pump output tube and the top of the pump comes off in my hand, water really coming out "good" now. Finally get top of pump back on, surprised at how easy it is to come off, no lock or nothing and shove hose on. All resolved, turn around and buddy has life preserver on. Never had a livewell before and I am surprised that this system offers so many opportunities to cause sinking problems. Pump coming apart, no valve between pump and transom, hose leaking/bursting/coming off. The drain hose is under the deck, I have no way to get to it without tearing the front deck out and I believe this is all a factory install. Not sure I will even ever use this livewell, should I just plug up all the holes? What if a issue happens when I have it tied up to dock overnight? Opinions? I never fish tournaments so any fish I keep are destined for the table.
Thanks
Tim
I recently picked up a 1989 fisher sv2 with 1988 johnson 48hp spl motor. This boat has a livewell, the pump is mounted at the transom and hosed to the front of the boat into livewell, the livewell has a stand pipe with hole near bottom and hole at top. Stand pipe drains straight down to a thru hull fitting, not to the transom. In any case, I went fishing with a friend (first time this boat) and was going ok when I decided to try the livewell, water pumped in and drained ok, ran for only 30 sec or so. About 10 minutes later I see water in back of boat. Turn on bilge, its pumping and pumping. Go back under by livewell pump and I see it is leaking at the hose connection, I grab it and it comes off in my hand, the output tube has broken off. Water coming thru the pump "good" now. Buddy gives me a screwdriver and I dig the broken part out of hose, loosen hose clamp. Grab pump to shove hose back on what is left of the pump output tube and the top of the pump comes off in my hand, water really coming out "good" now. Finally get top of pump back on, surprised at how easy it is to come off, no lock or nothing and shove hose on. All resolved, turn around and buddy has life preserver on. Never had a livewell before and I am surprised that this system offers so many opportunities to cause sinking problems. Pump coming apart, no valve between pump and transom, hose leaking/bursting/coming off. The drain hose is under the deck, I have no way to get to it without tearing the front deck out and I believe this is all a factory install. Not sure I will even ever use this livewell, should I just plug up all the holes? What if a issue happens when I have it tied up to dock overnight? Opinions? I never fish tournaments so any fish I keep are destined for the table.
Thanks
Tim