Heads up, fellas! I just replaced a burned-up bilge pump in my Lund. I originally suspected that it somehow got a little ice in it over the Winter and that's what did it in. Found out the truth this morning! A bee or wasp had dragged a bunch of crap into the hose and plugged up the exit hole.

When I installed the new pump I flooded the hull to test it, and heard it kick on but no water came out. So after a minute of scratching my head I hooked up the garden hose to the tube that comes off the bilge pump. The tube bulged up and started stretching out and then all of a sudden a big ol' clump of crap goes blasting out the other end! Kinda looked like a mud wasp nest to me.

R.I.P. wasp babies...

Anyway, I thought I would share that with y'all so you can watch out for those buggers. I was pretty lucky it only cost me ONE new bilge pump. If I hadn't cleared the tube going out, I probably would have burned up the new pump the next time I got water in the hull. I sure am glad I tested the system!Thumbs Up

BTW, Hands Clapping to Waconda boats! Called them Friday around noon to order a replacement pump, and had the CORRECT replacement pump sitting on my front porch before lunch on Monday. That's some good service right there!Thumbs Up