Well Dame, you've obviously fixed the problem - belt and braces - but I've had leaking plastic screwthreads where they crack at the bottom of the thread, almost impossible to see

as a general rule, I use hemp and sealant for all internal connections where possible, If a leak occurs, it'll swell to seal or minimum not increase a leak as time goes by,

I like the part about going to the store. I like seeing other parts of the world, you have so much space and room to breath. I come from an area where 200ft trees are the standard and seeing these wide open spaces is kinda nice even if I love my trees.

Hey Dame, did you notice the tape was put on counterclockwise from the factory? That can make the tape bunch up and leak, and or damage the threads. Just an idea. I hope you and Jess are well, and your family issue is all square.

Use Loctite SI 5331. Not affiliated with the brand. Used it for plastic water tank threads to plastic fittings. No leaks, been 3 years.

Pink tape is a bit better for water and cost less. Yellow is best for gas and fuel and grey for stainless pipe. You guys do use stainless.

Fantastic episode n love that you were able to fix the issue locally and that it all happened before you went to sea. Do you have a warer level alarm in the cofferdam and do you have a spare pump??

I absolutely hate those nylon housings. They don't have any give. They just crack where as steel will bend along way before a leak happens. If you don't have an water alarm in there its pretty easy to build one. Get a float switch from a "Rule" bilge pump and hook in a buzzer instead of a pump. Easy peasy.

Well done. Plastic/nylon pump housings are a great idea when you're filling water troughs for the horses or topping up the duck pond, but when you're on a boat, a thousand miles from land, there's something very comforting about a bloomin' great chunk of stainless steel (especially when you've got a repair workshop and welding gear at hand).

Dame & Jess, do you have sensors to alert you when water is where it's not supposed to be?

Yellow teflon tape is normally used for natural gas. I do not use teflon tape on anything, I have a large variety of thread sealants for any application.

G'day Crew, If it's not dripping ,, no tetracyclin is necessary. Cool vid guys ,as always . Respect....!

Your early video comment was if you could stop the leak “that would be good enough”. If you haven’t been to sea in 20 foot seas and too often they unexpectedly show up, be advised big storms and big seas torque the boat in unimaginable ways. Everything you do needs to be done as good as possible. Adequate or good enough fixes will fail at the worst times and too often present challenges that are not easily overcome in a storm. I’ve spent years on a destroyer and the power of a big sea cannot be over emphasized!

Do you know that you are applying the PTFE tape all wrong The manufacturers state that you need to wrap the tape into the groves of the fitting by using the sides of the tape and not simply wrapping the tape around the fitting that you are doing Great work Cheers

Well I bet you could have done without that, I would suggest getting a water alarm in the coffer though there’s way too much that could go wrong in that area not just with the pump, but the tank doors the Perspex and every one of those screws, it’s a simple thing that would save a lot of hassle and water. 😊

They are well know to. Crack Sunk a few boats over the years 8:14

A pressure pot/accumulator is a good idea, Electric pumps prefer infrequent long runcycles rather than frequent short ones each time you rinse yr tooth brush. And i've the same pump so went to check and it's the steel version, that's nice to know. cheers, doi

Hey Damien, I'm no plumber but have you ever considered using hemp for those joints ? Not sure that it can be used with Nylon but just throwing that out here.

Hi guys , yes iam still here I have watched all your vids and you have come a long way .... Stay well stay safe ........

Dear Jess and Damian, That was a very sufficient repair of this waterpumps and a bit strange the factory is delivery the with a plastic housing. Willeke and I look forward to your next vlog and send you love from The Netherlands

I think that the yellow thread tape is for gas?

I spent many years working on heavy equipment and farm equipment. I can keep 3000psi of hydraulic fluid from leaking, but 50psi of water pressure will leak every time.

Use loktite 55 impregnated string it never fails and you don’t have to tighten the crap out of fittings with massive spanners.

So is a water alarm system 🤔 in the future endeavors for the coffer dam area like a bilge alarm system ?

Seems like some of these pumps are designed to fail.

!!!! NEVER LEAK. !!!! Sealant, Tape, Sealant! Try it. Will even seal metal and plastic threads together!!

I was told by a tech guy from an equipment manufacturer that thread tape on plastic threads is not advisable. The tape deforms the thread.

Never ever use tape on plastic or nylon, always use a putty type sealer, you may get lucky a time or two but plumber 101 don’t use tape on plastic!

Just a thought - maybe it would help to mount that accumulator tank you have gotten around to installing yet. Without it every time you turn a tap off there is a pressure pulse through all the plumbing and that might have contributed to the plastic housing splitting like that.

I guess an O ring won't fix a cracked housing

Nice they were able to fix you up with a stainless housing. As for Teflon tape, my experience is 3 to 4 wraps max. Manufactures recommend 2 to 3. A problem can occur with too many wraps. The teeth of the fittings don’t properly mesh, so now, rather than the tape helping seal the connection, it becomes a layered gasket. Also, over time, the distortion caused by many layers of tape can weaken the fittings.

Hi guys, have you thought about adding an 'O' ring to the equation? Is there somewhere you could add one inside that coupling

At least with a leak like that you will never sink the boat. The water was always on board, now it is just not where you wanted it to be.

When it leaked the second time I was thinking you might want to use air pressure to find then leak...which you ended up doing but in a roundabout way :)

Cracked housings are a pain

I would like to see a bracket take the strain rather than the plastic fittings. .. the vibrations will cause failure also a bumpy sea. Better would be to put a flexible hose between the two and mount it to the wall.. Spares to repair? A hand pump as backup (and quiet) in the kitchen, the type with a long lever and deliver about a litre per stroke.. (can be expensive in brass) study them and make it out if stainless.. glass marbles make good valves... 💡 A float switch in the bilge upside down will act as an off switch, use a relay ideally the electronic type.. also actuating a piezoelectric buzzer. I prefer the Sea Flow float switches (20,000+ on/off with a little 700gph pump and switch all in one, then the motor failed because of brushes, switch still ok) the Rule float switch (mechanical type) (the mercury type lasted loads of years, till the metal pins going into the glass bubble corroded) started to fail after 3,000 on/off .. 3 did the same thing! (the plastic that causes the snap action of the contracts wears, then arcing does the rest, so no hysteresis) I do like the Rule 1,500gph (you can take it apart and fit new brushes, if it gets louder it's the brushes worn down and the copper wire embedded in the carbon hitting the armature.. stop using and change the brushes as it wears the armature away, but that does take a Lot of hours of use to get that way. 2 x 1500's cost about the same as a 2000gph, i assume the build quality is the same. Today I removed a leaking radiator and put in 1/4 turn valves (only circuit I couldn't isolate) and a copper pipe loop.. I'm going to make a radiator out of all the copper pipe bits and solder fittings I still have from boat fitting. It's a gravity system (no pump noise or draining the batteries) so I need water movement on the forward cabin circuit as it's nearest the gas boiler. I have pairs of 1/4 turn valves to isolate various parts of my gas central heating... I keep wondering.. What types of heating do you have? A wood burning stove is an excellent eco friendly backup and focal point in the lounge. Can you heat water or heat the boat from the engine water before it goes to the keel cooler? btw .. What is your Cat's name? Bella 🐈 sends 💖

Hi damo, and Jess must be a common fault if they make a steel one as in replacement anyway, thank God you can get it fixed. Probably a lot cheaper than I am buying a new one. Keep up the good work. Always enjoy the videos Cliff from Logan City Queensland Australia

It’s the joint line in the molding file the threads

the commercial boat that went astern without bow thruster on one engine, used the tide to move him astern and a strong on the beam wind, turned out just as one would like, lol , that's what I want to believe , lol bow thruster's are not necessary but they make life easer, to quote a experienced old salt.

Hi Jess!! ^_^

Another great episode. As a floating boat now general maintaince should be the cycle of work for ships repairs. But your on top of that. All threaded fittings on flexable hoses should be made of metal (brass) especially going through bulk heads. Modern water supplies have gone to plastic . But long term brass connections can reduce safety check time for wheelhouse duties. Just the boats vibration can render weekness in plastic strength. Better to find these while in Port & a create a list needed for gradual replacement. An expense but to put mind at ease an important 1. This your boat with your ideas . The video quality has always impressed me . You will .are your own decisions with final boat preparation for a trip out to sea. You can tell in your voices that the hurdles are knee height now. Well done.

We were using 24v fresh water pumps and had 2 fail in less than a year, bought a 240v water pump from Bunnings 5 years ago and is still going strong

Great job! It is always a good thing when after doing plumbing work, you don't have leaks and not have the Fountains of Venice. Keep up what you are doing and the best to you.

Even the wrong progress is progress.

Hi Damien FYI yellow thread tape is for gas and white and pink is for water

The pump's electric so it's all good...