01 Air rear ballast pump and bilge access, Help!

[Canuked]

I am asuuming you have to pull the hard tank out of the rear locker...How the heck do you do that? Do you have to pull the fuel tank?

Is there an easier way to get to it?

Help!!!

[MHayes]

RE: 01 Air rear ballast pump and bilge access, Help!

What are you trying to get at, the ballast pump? For the easiest access, you need to remove the entire engine cover (pull the pins at the rear and the rubber straps at the front). Once you have that out of the way, slightly lift and slide forward the piece of flooring directly behind the engine and you're in business. Should take no more than a few minutes to do that.

No need to go into the rear locker.

[Canuked]

RE: 01 Air rear ballast pump and bilge access, Help!

The floor pops off behind the engine cover? I never knew that.

My boat is at the marina so I'll try to work on it on Thursday

I need to mostly get to the rear bilge pump as the boat sits in the water most of the time but if the the rear ballast pump is in the same area I will replace it as well (it doesn't work, but again I never feel the need to drain it)

[Tim-Krasin]

RE: 01 Air rear ballast pump and bilge access, Help!

There is a rear bilge pump, but the ballast pump for the rear tanks is further forward near the hull inlet.