Jabsco Course Mesh Pumpgard Issue

[wgkenney]

Hi all,

I have a Beneteau 473 and have, what I hope, is a simple problem. Most all of my pumps on board are protected by Jabsco Course Mesh Pumpgards. In the forward head I noticed this weekend that my shower drain was working slowly and the pump was laboring a bit. I can see that the pumpgard is likely clogged. As I tried to unscrew the pumpgard it would just not budge. Given that it is plastic I did not want to try to force it. And being under the sink it is a bit awkward to get at.

Any advice on how to get this open without destroying it. Any tools in particular that would be helpful in twisting this off without damaging the cover?

 

[svenusa]

warm up the plastic cover with a hair dryer ?

 

[wgkenney]

Hi all,

Thanks for the advice. Got to the boat this weekend and used a small strap wrench. The strap wrapped around the pumpgard just fine and worked great. Turns out the pumpgard was not stuck or bound ... I just did not have enough leverage in the confined space under the sink to us my hand to undo it. It was really just a bit more than finger tight.

Filter was completely clogged ... mostly with what looked like lint from the towels.