wayne
wannaroll
- Location
- Mesquite, Texas
new bilge pump
- Thread starter THRUST
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SJBrit
Extraordinary Alien
- Location
- Bradenton, FL
That's the main reason to dump the Rules. I got tired of having to turn them off and then back on again to get them to pump water. My Attwoods haven't airlocked once. Neither has the base gone soft so the tags break off leaving the pumps rolling around my bilge attached only by the wires....
oxnard111
Creative RE Purchasing
- Location
- so Cali, Ventura/Oxnard area
yeah that has happened to me except it ran against the engine coupler and put a big hole it it.
jetskier79
I'm goin' for two
- Location
- San Diego, CA
I think Tims attwood was rolling around by the end of the weekend.....so, who knows.
There is a real easy way to keep Rules from airlocking.......Barrel Rolls or Backflips, they unlock them real quick.
RiverRat
.......
- Location
- Louisville, Ky
attwood, rule.............they are bilge pumps! 
For real :grumble:
For real :grumble:
Sanford
ECF
- Location
- Freeride capital of the world
I've posted this in the past....the blue base type suck, the nylon black base are pretty much indestructible. While I tore off the tabs on the blue ones I've never broken the nylon type.
Another handy tip is I use a large o-ring that fits over the body of the Rule pumps and after its clipped in the base, I roll down the o-ring...this eliminates the possibility of the side tabs moving inward. Been doing it this way for years and have eliminated all bilge pump blues (pun intended).
FWIW: On my new SJ I installed a single 800gph (round body) Rule pump. I normally run 2 500gph pumps but now also have a 2" scupper.
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THRUST
ThrustInnovations.com
- Location
- royal palm beach florida
i think i will use one of each so i can se which one really lAST THE LONGEST UNDER THE SAME ABUSE . j/k i will see how they work i just like how they are screwed togather . how does the attwood mount the motor to the strainer .
The Attwood has 3 tabs on the strainer, the motor goes down over them and you turn it to lock it in.
I chop the outer housing off and use 3M on the tabs to keep the motor in place while still being easy to remove (never needed to unless I an pulling the intermediate housing).
WaveDemon
Not Dead - Notable Member
- Location
- Hell, Florida
one of my attwoods is constantly poping off of the strianer. it makes me angy.
chop the outer housing off, put it back on with little dabs of 3M on the tabs and you'll never have to worry again.
WaveDemon
Not Dead - Notable Member
- Location
- Hell, Florida
I must be retarded, I don't follow you.
chop the outer houseing off?
my problem (which you probably already understand) is the bilge pump pops off of the strianer. the strainder is glued to the bottom of the hull.
Idok
F1pro
- Location
- Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
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chopping the outer housing does not work in salt.......
i tried it with my last (and only) attwood.......it lasted 3 weeks
IMO, rule 360's....they DO NOT airbind.......yes, they are a little more expensive than the attwoods, but the only ones Ive ever had fail were ones that came loose and got chewed up....
my roundie has a blowsion dual rule bracket and its SWEET! i love it...the bases are riveted down
WaveDemon
Not Dead - Notable Member
- Location
- Hell, Florida
you are much smarter than me.
RoyalFlush@PCB
Shootin' The Crap
- Location
- PCB
You got ALOT of nice parts on that roundie...:sneaky:
It's actually a Blowsion Kawi 750 dual pump bracket with a little Royal Flush engineering/design to make it fit a roundnose SJ.
Now, if I could just learn to seal up electrical boxes...: :shrug:
Idok
F1pro
- Location
- Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
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DaUpJetSkier
I like square
- Location
- Marquette, MI
Would you guys feel safe riding with 500 gph attwoods, not using the stock bilge for(dual cooling), with no scupper or one way?
Im thinking of that, otherwise its single cooling, stock bilge, and two attwoods.
Im thinking of that, otherwise its single cooling, stock bilge, and two attwoods.
I run a single cutdown Attwood, no stock siphon, and 2" scupper.
THRUST
ThrustInnovations.com
- Location
- royal palm beach florida
you can run dual cooloing with out taking out your stock bilge . the same spot the original cooling they have a freeze plug type fiiting remove and run another elbow and a new line through the hull. but i would get rid of the stock bilge and put 2 electric bilges and run the cooling where the stock bilge is .
SJBrit
Extraordinary Alien
- Location
- Bradenton, FL
I like to have two different ways to get water out of my hull just from the point of view of reliability. Bilge pumps work when your electrical system is fine, but a fault will have you wishing that you had a stock siphon or scupper. On the other hand, if you can't get your ski moving a siphon or scupper won't help you, and bilge pumps are your friends.