gjgm
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do you need the fancy jabasco tool, or can you get it out another way (without destroying half your boat)?
changing the impeller
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Solitaire
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You can remove an impeller using two flat bladed screw drivers and gently easing the impeller out of the housing, but you must be very careful not to damage the inside of the housing.
Geoffs
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Best to get a puller to avoid damaging the housing, Volvo sell 'em for less than a fiver, so can't be expensive.
Solitaire
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It does make life easier and remove risk of damaging the housing.
gjgm
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I didnt know Volvo sold anything for less than a fiver! You sure?!
dickh
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I've modified a cheap pair of long nosed pliers by heating them up and gently bending them inwards so the tips touch. Adjust to suit your impellor size so that the tips grip the centre boss and you just pull the impellor out. Keep greased in a plastic bag and they'll last ages. Much cheaper than the Jabsco puller!
fisherman
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I've heard you can do it with two sharpened toothbrush handles:-no damage.
MiskinDriver
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I wrap insulating tape round the screwdriver shafts at the point where they meet the pump housing.
Achilles
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Do please tell where you can buy the impeller puller for less than a fiver.
Solitaire
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Best to get a puller to avoid damaging the housing, Volvo sell 'em for less than a fiver, so can't be expensive.
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The Jabsco puller was £44.95 in Alladins Cave this morning!!
Best to get a puller to avoid damaging the housing, Volvo sell 'em for less than a fiver, so can't be expensive.
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The Jabsco puller was £44.95 in Alladins Cave this morning!!
Alrob
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hlb
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A screw driver works for me, in about ten seconds.
davedpc
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Just squirt some washing up fluid and turn engine over for easy extraction without damage..
Andrew_Fanner
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Speedseal do extractors with their other bits and bobs. Well worth it.
harveymae
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try www.asap-supplies.com or phone them on o8451300870
Col
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Only for tiny impellors in gennys or small sailyboat engines like Volvo 2000 series Yanmar 1gm etc: Then it wouldn't last 2 mins once salty water gets on it.
Jabso ones are stainless and come in 3 sizes. Small & stumpy / Small / Bigger. I dont bother with the stumpy one. David, Got the pic of the other one?
Jabso ones are stainless and come in 3 sizes. Small & stumpy / Small / Bigger. I dont bother with the stumpy one. David, Got the pic of the other one?
Solitaire
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Jabso ones are stainless and come in 3 sizes. Small & stumpy / Small / Bigger. I dont bother with the stumpy one. David, Got the pic of the other one?
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No!
Jabso ones are stainless and come in 3 sizes. Small & stumpy / Small / Bigger. I dont bother with the stumpy one. David, Got the pic of the other one?
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No!
Whitelighter
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I have noticed you wonder around more often now without your camera. What with that,and the fact you pitched up in a suit today, are you feeling alright?
Solitaire
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Camera was in my pocket, but I've got enough pictures of your boat ta! The suit was me in executive mode and just to prove I don't go around in Dubarry's and Musto all the time. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
My other life. And before anybody says anything - yes it is a crap web site! Part of the reason I was in a suit today, plus I had to fire the sales guy!
My other life. And before anybody says anything - yes it is a crap web site! Part of the reason I was in a suit today, plus I had to fire the sales guy!
Geoffs
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The VP maintenance parts catalogue lists 'Impeller removal tool' part no. 3843947 as £2. Thought it seemed too good to be true!
