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I am currently refurbishing a Freedom 35, and just recently got around to emptying the bilges which has accumulated a quantity of fresh water, the source of which I understand is via the hollow masts which feed into the bilges.
At first levels were kept down by running the bilge pump which has decided to no longer cooperate. It’s location unknown. I took up the inspection hatches but could only see dirty diesel/oil fouled water. Took up the saloon sole plates, fortunately held down with brass screws so not to difficult to remove. Lots more of the same and years of accumulated gunk, no sign of a pump beneath the now nearly full bilge. To remove the excess I used a drill driven pump and filled some dozen buckets full before the top of the pump became visible coated in brown gung. Removal straight forward and a replacement a 1500, a third larger in g/hour, fitted. The new pump quickly remove the rest, along with a hose pipe flushing the bilges, leaving a small amount of clean water only, the new pump is manual and auto.
To get to the reason for this post, I had hoped to forestall questions by the above.
Prior to flushing the bilges with ample use of fairy liquid, it was impossible to see, just forward of the pump site, and under the engine, sits a rectangular black box, screwed to the bottom of the bilge, approx 4” x 3” x 2” deep. From this fixed box is a 2” ID. hose, as used for sanitary pumping out, which I can now see runs to one of the exits in the transom, I am presuming so as it heads in that direction and would appear to be its sole purpose.
Anyone know what it is? Is it a pump of some description and if so how is or was it operated.
At first levels were kept down by running the bilge pump which has decided to no longer cooperate. It’s location unknown. I took up the inspection hatches but could only see dirty diesel/oil fouled water. Took up the saloon sole plates, fortunately held down with brass screws so not to difficult to remove. Lots more of the same and years of accumulated gunk, no sign of a pump beneath the now nearly full bilge. To remove the excess I used a drill driven pump and filled some dozen buckets full before the top of the pump became visible coated in brown gung. Removal straight forward and a replacement a 1500, a third larger in g/hour, fitted. The new pump quickly remove the rest, along with a hose pipe flushing the bilges, leaving a small amount of clean water only, the new pump is manual and auto.
To get to the reason for this post, I had hoped to forestall questions by the above.
Prior to flushing the bilges with ample use of fairy liquid, it was impossible to see, just forward of the pump site, and under the engine, sits a rectangular black box, screwed to the bottom of the bilge, approx 4” x 3” x 2” deep. From this fixed box is a 2” ID. hose, as used for sanitary pumping out, which I can now see runs to one of the exits in the transom, I am presuming so as it heads in that direction and would appear to be its sole purpose.
Anyone know what it is? Is it a pump of some description and if so how is or was it operated.
