[C320-list] Fresh Water Pump Replacement.

[Mark Cole]

Jerry;

I have hull #8 and recently replaced the hot water tank and the water pump.  My water pump was behind the HWT and the only way to replace it was to remove the HWT.  Good thing it was the failed HWT that started the project in the first place!  After sliding the three drawers out and removing the cabinet face frame, access to the HWT tank is pretty good.  I found the exact replacement (Seaward S600) at Fisheries Supply for $285.  I replaced the fresh water pump with a Whale Universal, 3.2 gpm, also from Fisheries for $170.

I went with the Whale pump because it came with the press-fit PEX fittings already installed.  This project mushroomed into cleaning the water tanks and replacing all fresh water hoses and I chose to go with PEX tubing throughout.  The Whale company makes all the fittings for connecting the PEX tubing.  My boat has two water tanks; one in the bow and one under the port settee, so I chose to relocate the pump to the space just forward of the port tank.  Easy to install and easy to service.

Mark Cole
Fiddler’s Green #8
Puget Sound

> On Jan 11, 2019, at 7:48 AM, Elizabeth Schwartz <schwartz781 at optimum.net> wrote:
> 
> Ahoy....removing the shelf under the stove helps also....Joe...#245
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 09:37 AM, P.F. Ross wrote:
> 
>> Ian, perhaps you have not removed the door/drawer assembly from the sink
>> counter.  I replaced my pump some time ago and once I removed that
>> assembly, I found plenty of room to work.
>> 
>> There are six (IIRC) screws in the face of the door/drawer assembly that
>> hold it to the counter.  After those are removed, the entire piece
>> (including drawers) can be slid outward.  Makes it easier if you remove the
>> companionway steps first.  Voila!  Access to most everything underneath the
>> sink!
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Frank Ross
>> Beta Wave #206
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 8:02 AM Ian Davis  wrote:
>> 
>>> My fresh water pump has failed and presumably needs replacing.
>>> 
>>> I felt around the underneath the left side of the sink and the near the
>>> dry storage bin and found the pump, but it seems to be in a very awkward
>>> position and impossible to get tools like a screwdriver (and your head!)
>>> into the right place to be able to work this.
>>> 
>>> So my question to the team.  Does anyone have a procedure for fixing and
>>> replacing anything under the side of the sink units there.  I also think my
>>> electric hot water heater is under there someplace and I really should
>>> replace that too while I'm in there.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> 
>>> Ian Davis. Wind Star, 1993, Hull #18