bildge pump install

  • rockriver
    Posts: 39
    July 9, 2010 at 2:35 pm #1268274

    I’ve got a 14 foot aluminum boat and screwed bildge pump with auto float switch to 5/8 inch treated plywood. How can I get that to stick to my hull without running screws through and creating leaks? I bought a two part epoxy designed for aluminum and it worked for a while but then let go of the plywood.
    Thanks for any suggestions.

    trumar
    Rochester, Mn
    Posts: 5967
    July 9, 2010 at 2:38 pm #885627

    Where are you located , it may be easy to help you if one can look at what you have to work with.Maybe a pic would help with suggestions.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22454
    July 9, 2010 at 2:51 pm #885635

    Can you screw a piece of aluminum to the bottom of the plywood, that way the alum epoxy may work better….??? Another thought, what kind of seats do you have ??? If they are bench, then a “L” bracket screwed to it….. pic’s would defintely help

    big G

    stuwest
    Elmwood, WI
    Posts: 2254
    July 9, 2010 at 3:01 pm #885640

    Should be able to silicon or 5200 that board to the boat if you rough up the aluminum with a bit of sanding before. I just lay mine in and don’t glue them down. not sure if it’s critical or not…

    envoy98
    Minneapolis, MN
    Posts: 54
    July 9, 2010 at 7:48 pm #885737

    The epoxy should have held… YOu could try putting several short screws into the wood from the bottom up and leaving just a portion of the head exposed. that would give the epoxy something to hold on to. Otherwise you could put the pump on some pvc instead or put a couple short l-brackets on there and screw those to the wood and epoxy the brackets to the hull. If all else fails, use some duct-tape.

    wkw
    Posts: 730
    July 9, 2010 at 10:15 pm #885762

    You beat me to the duct tape Josh.
    Balin’ wire fixes most everything also.LOL

    rockriver
    Posts: 39
    July 10, 2010 at 2:37 pm #885810

    Hey Stuwest
    Mine is just laying there now and its not been a problem so Thanks for the input. It doesn’t seem to float when it rains and the pump runs even though the plywood is there…

    rockriver
    Posts: 39
    July 10, 2010 at 2:42 pm #885811

    Hey Trumar, I got a couple of ideas from other posts so should be OK, otherwise I’ll send some photos. I am sending a photo to you since I’ll never sent one before on this site. Seems to work, hope you get it.

    rockriver
    Posts: 39
    July 10, 2010 at 2:47 pm #885812

    Big G I’ll mount the pump to a pice of aluminum- I can get some but have to track it down and had the plywood handi so went that direction. Good input because I can use thin-1/4 or 3/32 and will pick up more than on top of 5/8″ plywood.

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