After nearly 2 years I found a direct replacement for my cockpit mounted manual bilge pump. From what I can see from looking at other 39's and 40's on line we all have the "Kempax" K1 Manual Diaphragm Pump installed in a position readily accessed from the helm.
The valves on mine had lost their flexibility and I couldn't find any to match and the exposed cover was brittle and ugly. :cry:
To make a long story short, I just bought a Johnson 70-50005 Viking pump.
The only differences are longer inlet/outlet tubes for better clamping and a change to black plastic from white.
I found it at PumpVendor.com (not related, no benefit to me etc) after seeing a catalogue shot that looked similar. An email to SPX Sweden resulted in an email from the Customer Service Manager in Illinois that gave me the new model number of the old Kempax. The Canadian distributor had no stock and I didn't want to wait 10-12 weeks so I found 1 at Pump Vendor.
The valves on mine had lost their flexibility and I couldn't find any to match and the exposed cover was brittle and ugly. :cry:
To make a long story short, I just bought a Johnson 70-50005 Viking pump.
The only differences are longer inlet/outlet tubes for better clamping and a change to black plastic from white.
I found it at PumpVendor.com (not related, no benefit to me etc) after seeing a catalogue shot that looked similar. An email to SPX Sweden resulted in an email from the Customer Service Manager in Illinois that gave me the new model number of the old Kempax. The Canadian distributor had no stock and I didn't want to wait 10-12 weeks so I found 1 at Pump Vendor.
