I don't think you will convince this guy (4runner and others) on anything with the flow rite. He probable carries extra grocery bags with him. Think I saw him arguing with a stop sign the other day, LOL. I can still put a manual plug in but I just like the convenience of not having to do it. I really don't see why we have to have a reason for any of this. It is ok if I have an Ultrex on my boat, isn't it or do I need a reason for that.
Biggest thing I worry about reaching alllll the way underneath is damaging my PP brackets or outboard with my hard head after putting the plug in!
2017 Phoenix 819
2016 200ProXS, s/n 2B359849, Mod 1200P73BD
Im still trying to figure out how a grocery bag ended up in the bilge! What else lives in that bilge????
I doubt the doc recommends fishing , My dad is a quagmire of pins, plates and fused vertebrae (coal miner from Stickney WVA) and it was the fishing that aggravated it more than anything (once retired).
Everything from a Z521, Z518 to a 21i to the 3 series Rangers. Like I mentioned in follow-up, being HWP is more important than anything and the boat ramp is not full of HWP people, nope sure isn't (I bet this thread isn't...lol)!!!
I'm trying to figure out why his bilge pump ran long enough to kill his battery, but the bilge was still full ?????? where does your pump send the water ? into the bilge ?
I haven’t figured out the reason yet, but mine is also clogged somehow. Been in the boat 6 months.. I have to pull all the batteries to get to it and see.
The issue with mine was that my hull is 1 3/4 thick so the holes that drain are barely exposed at best! So I’ve been collecting water for the past 6 months. It drains some.. and the bulge pump handles when it gets too high. I’m pulling it.. which I am not happy about.
I love mine
I just installed one this season - beside going to lithium probably the single nicest upgrade I've made to my rig.
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2024 Phoenix 21 XE - Mercury 250 PRO XS Serial #3B429919
2017 Phoenix PHX 21 - Yamaha 250 SHO
2010 Skeeter 20i - Yamaha 250 SHO
1988 Procraft 1780 Competitor - Mercury 100
i use a 3ft. (or you can use a different length depending on your boat) 1/2 pvc pipe with a "T" fitting on one end and cut a slot in the other end to fit over the manual drain plug....don't have to get "down and dirty" anymore to insert or remove my drain plug...I did eventually put a small hose clamp over the slotted end to keep the slot from flexing when I had to use force to tighten or untighten the plug....