Tom Metzger
Sustaining Partner
The cap screw is a drain. Ericson/Kubota mounted the pump upside down.
It's a drain to use in the winter if the the pump is oriented correctly.
The cap screw is a drain. Ericson/Kubota mounted the pump upside down.
I just installed a Oberdorfer on my E32-3 and was wondering what the purpose of the cap screw was since as its oriented on the boat that screw points up at about a 45 degree angle so using it's useless as a winterizing drain. However, I installed a ball valve after the seacock but before the strain and pump, which has a length of hose on it that I can stick into a gallon jug of antifreeze for the winterizing. Closing the seacock and opening the ball valve to the jug allows me to suck antifreeze into the strainer, pump and then engine with very little trouble.It's a drain to use in the winter if the the pump is oriented correctly.
CW, what happened now...? Can we expect another great UTUBE? Keep them coming, we All enjoy.See PP 26-27 of this manual: https://www.westerbeke.com/operator's manual/200157_m12-m50_operator_man.pdf
(I happen to be deep into this manual myself today)