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I'm not sure if I like this live well set up?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lost" data-source="post: 438390" data-attributes="member: 22427"><p>I removed my livewell for the rebuild that I'm finishing up. For the overflow (above waterline) drain, I took a rubber stopper (for science lab use, you can find them in the "hard to find" hardware drawers at fleet farm/home depot/menards, etc) and drilled a hole in the center enough for me to force a bolt through. With fender washers at each end and a nylon nut I put it in a through hull that had a flapper valve. Tightened the bolt, forcing the rubber to expand and plug the through hull. That way, any water getting past the flapper valve isn't going anywhere but back out.</p><p></p><p>For my intake/drain holes below the waterline, I just forced a smaller rubber plug into each and then made a "U" shape of tubing clamped to each through hull. If the rubber plugs ever did leak, it wouldn't be going anywhere. I was initially going to use some garboard drains to plug them, but the flange required for bolting/screwing/riveting the drain to the hull would have extended below the hull, whereas the standard through hull had a smaller flange that did not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lost, post: 438390, member: 22427"] I removed my livewell for the rebuild that I'm finishing up. For the overflow (above waterline) drain, I took a rubber stopper (for science lab use, you can find them in the "hard to find" hardware drawers at fleet farm/home depot/menards, etc) and drilled a hole in the center enough for me to force a bolt through. With fender washers at each end and a nylon nut I put it in a through hull that had a flapper valve. Tightened the bolt, forcing the rubber to expand and plug the through hull. That way, any water getting past the flapper valve isn't going anywhere but back out. For my intake/drain holes below the waterline, I just forced a smaller rubber plug into each and then made a "U" shape of tubing clamped to each through hull. If the rubber plugs ever did leak, it wouldn't be going anywhere. I was initially going to use some garboard drains to plug them, but the flange required for bolting/screwing/riveting the drain to the hull would have extended below the hull, whereas the standard through hull had a smaller flange that did not. [/QUOTE]
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