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From: Peter Gelinas (no email)
Date: Sun Feb 11 2007 - 11:07:01 EST
Sam
Isn't this toilet below the waterline? 'holding prime' should not be a
problem , the toilet is lightly 'pressurized'.
Is there any chance that something is blocking the inlet hose? Close the
valve at the throughhull, take the hose off the pump put it in a bucket,
open the valve. It might just be a plastic bag caught in there,
Ditto with the outlet hose.
There is a valve at the base that looks like the mouth of a 'lamprey' It
should be de-scaled from time to time as I believe it is the 'flap valve'
that directs water flow in and out.
I take mine apart about once a year. Soak in vinegar to get off the scale,
soak in Varsol (paint thinner) to make it flexible and oil with olive oil
(hey, the boat is in Spain). We also put a tablespoon of olive oil into the
almost empty bowl and pump a bit to get the oil into the 'mechanics'. We do
that at least once a month.
Peter
>From: Sam Densler <>
>To: LiveAboard List <>
>Subject: lv-ab: Jabsco Head
>Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:29:08 -0500
>
>I have a manual Jabsco head installed on Lady of the Lake. It is only
>about 1 year old. Recently, it stopped pumping clean water into the bowl.
>Some creative and vigorous pumping eventually gets it to prime and pump but
>it is not as it used to be. The literature said to replace the seal at the
>top of the pump mechanism. Did this, doesn't help. Is there another seal
>down lower in the unit that hold a prime or helps to pressurize the pump
>when it is actuated? Anyone ever had this problem?
>
>Sam
>
>
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