Deadwood sucked up in my impeller and stuck in prop. Please see image how do I get this out

[mmcneese01]

 

[mmcneese01]

Does anybody know how to remove this wood easily?

 

[Babin Farms]

Long screwdriver or some thing to break the wood up is what I’d try first.

 

[Acard7]

Can you get a small but sturdy pocketknife or pliers down the clean out port and try to pry it out?

 

[mmcneese01]

Can you get a small but sturdy pocketknife or pliers down the clean out port and try to pry it out?

 

[mmcneese01]

Hello, that’s a good idea. Unfortunately where it sucks the water in is too narrow for me to get my arm in. So from the bottom of the light up to where the piece of wood is it’s about 2 1/2 feet long. I just don’t wanna rip the hole back end off

 

[mmcneese01]

Long screwdriver or some thing to break the wood up is what I’d try first.

Interesting approach on that my fear is if I get something up in there I don’t want to damage the little prop. They do seem pretty solid though should be able to handle it

 

[Babin Farms]

Interesting approach on that my fear is if I get something up in there I don’t want to damage the little prop. They do seem pretty solid though should be able to handle it

Start gentle and go from there. The impeller blades can handle a lot of abuse without damage…. like a 2ft long stick stuck in it.

 

[YoDaddy292]

Might be a pump pull. I’ve never had to do it, which is pure luck since we boat mostly reservoirs, but I’ve seen videos of guys doing it in a half hour. I’ve seen claims of guys having to re-trailer, pull the pump, and re-launch which still saved the day for boating as well. I’ve looked around the area and have made sure I have the tools with me for doing it since we sometimes travel pretty far to boat and don’t want to screw up a vacation .

 

[YoDaddy292]

That being said….so far I have been lucky enough to get sticks out as my forearm gets squeezed pretty hard in the clean out ports but was able to articulate my hand enough to chip away at the stick with a knife (it sucked).

 

[mmcneese01]

Start gentle and go from there. The impeller blades can handle a lot of abuse without damage…. like a 2ft long stick stuck in it.

I will give that a try thank you

 

[mmcneese01]

Might be a pump pull. I’ve never had to do it, which is pure luck since we boat mostly reservoirs, but I’ve seen videos of guys doing it in a half hour. I’ve seen claims of guys having to re-trailer, pull the pump, and red-launch which still saved the day for boating as well. I’ve looked around the area and have made sure I have the tools with me for doing it since we sometimes travel pretty far to boat and don’t want to screw up a vacation .

Exactly don’t want to mess up a day with fiends and family. I wish it would have cycled through so I could acces from the back. Thank you for your reply

 

[mmcneese01]

Hey guys please see images of the bottom of my boat. There seems to be a way to remove part of the cover with the Allen bolts. My question is if I pull those out do you know if I will have to use Loctite to put them back in? I looked at my manual couldn’t find anything on it. Uploading some pictures as well

 

[Babin Farms]

I wouldn’t recommend removing the intake grates unless you feel confident that you can get them sealed properly upon reinstall. They need to be sealed up properly otherwise you’ll get cavitation. Try to make it your last resort.

 

[mmcneese01]

I wouldn’t recommend removing the intake grates unless you feel confident that you can get them sealed properly upon reinstall. They need to be sealed up properly otherwise you’ll get cavitation. Try to make it your last resort.

Good to know thank you

 

[Acard7]

I really feel like you can just pull your clean out plug, reach in from the top, and use a small knife or screwdriver and pry that piece of wood out.

 

[anmut]

Pull the pump, it’s simple and you’ll get the whole thing.

 

[drewkaree]

Your owner's manual may not tell you what you need to know about the intake grate, but a service manual would. Hopefully someone here has one, if not, I suggest you track one down for next time, and for everything else you want to do.

For as much time as you're likely to spend trying to chip that out, you're better off spending your time learning how to pull the pump. It'll facilitate easy removal of your debris, and eventually, you're GOING to need to do it, why not start with an actual targeted reason for just such a case? It's just NOT a whole day project. Sure, your first time will take longer, there's no getting around that. The reason to bite the bullet and do it is that NEXT time, you'll KNOW that this is a half-hour job, and it's easy to get yourself back on the water.

If I remember correctly, you'll have 5 bolts to remove.

@Tylenator you may want to run through this as well, before dunking your boat. With everything else that's happened, this would be another thing on the horizon to learn.

 

[Neutron]

Pull the pump. The boat is new, everything will come off easy

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Get a service manual so you can see how it all comes apart and what materials you will need to do the pull. The first time is going to be the hardest while you learn how to do it. I can now remove and replace both pumps and change the impellers in 45 mins. If it was just pulling the pump and putting it back in, probably 10-15 mins. If you make up a kit with the tools and materials needed you will cut down on the time to assemble the tools and such which would probably take as long or longer than actually R&R’ing the pump.

looking at it from where I’m at, I’m confident I could get that piece of wood out from below with a either a long screw driver or perhaps even a wooden dowel. I also think you might be able to get it from the clean out port with some patience.