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Material: Guzzler Pump Footrest Install
By:Mike Sundman
Date: 4/24/2003, 9:33 pm

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Hello again. Sorry to have been silent for so long. Now I'm starting to get motivated to finish the boats and I can't shutup. Well anyway, a while back there was someone who posted some pictures of a movable bulkhead-footrest - of the type from Nick's book - which had a internal bilge pump mounted right in the middle of it. I'm getting ready to order the pumps and I have a few questions for anyone who has done this.

1.) Is it easy to pull your foot off of the footrest and depress the pump's plunger?

2.) Do you have any on going trouble with the plumbing of the pump?

3.) Someone asked about entrapment around the cuttout area. Has this been a problem?

4.) Would you have done anything different?

Thanks
Mike Sundman

Messages In This Thread

Material: Guzzler Pump Footrest Install
Mike Sundman -- 4/24/2003, 9:33 pm
Re: Material: Guzzler Pump Footrest Install
Randy Knauff -- 4/25/2003, 4:25 pm
Re: Material: Guzzler Pump Footrest Install
Sam McFadden -- 4/25/2003, 11:41 am