Jabsco Head Pump Stiff

[Javelin]

I guess you could always put the old loo in the box that the new one came in........

 

[laika]

I guess you could always put the old loo in the box that the new one came in........

Not sure about the relative size of the vacuflushes vs the manual jabscos but it would have been a good plan....if I'd thought of it 5 years ago

 

[debenbar]

Tom Cunliffe in YM advised occasionally filling your Jabsco bowl with warm fresh water and leaving it overnight to cure the stiff squeaky pump problem, I have used this method for several years, it works a treat and I have not had to dismantle or grease the loo since doing this.

 

[philmarks]

I think you've missed the point that was being made. Given the cost of labour plus parts versus the cost of a new pump or new head plus lots less time, it works out cheaper for the customer to have a new pump or new head than to atempt repair. Not lazy, simply cost effective.

Yes, I went through the exactly the same thought process today. I've spent £30 on spares with little improvement. Mind you the loo is pre-1987. £100 for a new one in F4 seemed a good idea. Trouble is, no more room in my hold luggage, though I do have a spare electric loo in a locker...but trying to keep it simple now prevents me fitting it.

 

[vyv_cox]

Yes, I went through the exactly the same thought process today. I've spent £30 on spares with little improvement. Mind you the loo is pre-1987. £100 for a new one in F4 seemed a good idea. Trouble is, no more room in my hold luggage, though I do have a spare electric loo in a locker...but trying to keep it simple now prevents me fitting it.

You don't say where your boat is kept but shipping by the supplier is surprisingly economical. Piplers will send a new passerelle, over a metre in length, weight 13 kg, to Leros island, Greece for £35. That's half what it would cost me to take it as hold luggage, without the hassle. My new dinghy, too heavy to fly in the hold, was delivered for £50.