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#1 2023-06-14 12:39:07

Duncan_Hill
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From: Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
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FYI: Whale Gulper 220 failure mode

It turns out the blue ring that clamps the lower portion of the pump assembly (the liquid portion) to the upper portion (the mechanical gubbins) can shear where the machine screw goes through a hole. The end result is unpleasant, though thankfully mine did not fail when I was pumping out the holding tank. I can't think how anything I did would have caused this failure mode; it could have been a manufacturing defect.

https://www.cricalix.net/2023/06/14/fix … hale-pump/

One of those things where having a spare on board is probably sensible.


Victoria 34 Cutter - 'Blue Opal' (the non-bowsprit edition)

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