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Old 12-16-07, 04:02 PM   #1
zooker
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Default live well repair

in every small stratos/javlin/hydrosport under 17 foot i have seen. the live wells are set up almost excatly the same.the live well is found in the front of the boat. a lenth of pvc pipe is pushed down into the drain.
like this


to empty the water out you simply pull the pipe out and it drains



after a lot of in and out the plastic wears down causing the live well to leak out water.a frisky fish can knock it out easily.. all of the boats mentioned above that i have seen do NOT have a shut off valve. there is just a hose running from the drain to the back of the boat near the aerator. it passes thru the stern of the boat with a simple flush pvc flange.no scupper just and open pipe end.in fact i have had the over flow pipe knocked out by back wash as i come down off plane..

thinking ok i don't want to tear out the entire live well to put a shut off valve in-cause it is a b!tch to get to-in the back of the boat this drain hose is vizable for about a foot as it passes the bilge pumps/aerator. it is easy to get to-yeah right!!!.

that being said i aimed to put a manual shut off valve in this area. no problem right? WRONG!! i bought a manual shut off valve it has 3/4" in take /outlet pipes you clamp it on..-$30 btw-they make two kinds of shut off valves ranger and everyone else. on my lund the drain was 3/4" pipe as it was on both of my previous big boats-bait tank drains actually-

so when i cut the hose and i will be damned if the drain hose on this stratos is not 1 1/8" -add string of favored four letter words here- to add a shut off valve on it i had to go play in the pvc piping at lowes. to find a shut off valve that big..-i actually had to dreimel the inside of the drain hose to get it to fit tightly. smeared on a good coating of cement and clamped it real tight..

easy right ?? not... this is a view thru the access of the shut off valve...



the over flow pipe will still leak but i wont lose the water..

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