Shurflo Washdown Pump Installation
Several months ago I found a good deal online for a Shurflo Blaster series washdown pump. In June of 2006, just in time for our month-long summer cruise, I finally got it installed.
I located the pump in the hanging locker on the starboard side where we had an unused seacock. Finding a tailpiece would keep the plumbing below the locker floor and headed in the right direction was a bit of a challenge, but I finally located what I needed at our local marine supply store, Wolf's Marine. |
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I originally intended to mount the pump on the hanging locker's forward bulkhead, but eventually decided that placing it higher and outboard, in a less useable portion of the locker, would be less likely to interfere with storage. I set the mounting bolts in a teak block and mounted it to the inside of the hull. I left the epoxy to set up overnight, and returned the next day to mount, wire, and plumb the pump. |
| Routing the plumbing to the anchor locker required drilling through four bulkheads in the forward cabin and v-berth. | |
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I located the deckfitting on the port side just forward of a bow pulpit mounting flange to keep the fitting out of the way and provide some protection for the hose. After checking the location above- and belowdecks, I marked the center and used a spade bit to drill the hole. I then used a grinding bit on the Dremel to cut a slot for the deckfitting, marked my mounting holes, and drilled them. |
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I bedded the fitting in a thick bed of polysulfide, let it setup over night, then cut off the excess that had oozed from under the fitting and removed the tape. Note: Had there been core in this area and not solid fiberglass, it would have been necessary to seal the exposed core with epoxy prior to bedding the fitting. |