On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:42:20 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Each one. As the Bennett site suggests, the width or span is more important
than
how far out they come out from the transom (chord).

Bennett is a great outfit to do business with also. They stand behind
their products and are easy to reach on the phone for advice.

On Mar 30, 10:05*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:42:20 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
Each one. *As the Bennett site suggests, the width or span is more important
than
how far out they come out from the transom (chord).

Bennett is a great outfit to do business with also. *They stand behind
their products and are easy to reach on the phone for advice.

I have the hydralic ones and when I needed to repair my hydralic pump
bennett wouldn't sell me parts. They wanted me to buy a new pump. I
ended up fixing it without them. I might try the electric ones if I
had to do it again but they may have their own flaws. I have had the
bennett hydralic tabs for about 10 years and the one time I had to fix
the pump was not really their fault, it got water in it.

On Mar 31, 11:56*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Mar 30, 10:05*pm, Wayne.B wrote:

On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:42:20 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
Each one. *As the Bennett site suggests, the width or span is more important
than
how far out they come out from the transom (chord).

Bennett is a great outfit to do business with also. *They stand behind
their products and are easy to reach on the phone for advice.

I have the hydralic ones and when I needed to repair my hydralic pump
bennett wouldn't sell me parts. *They wanted me to buy a new pump. *I
ended up fixing it without them. *I might try the electric ones if I
had to do it again but they may have their own flaws. *I have had the
bennett hydralic tabs for about 10 years and the one time I had to fix
the pump was not really their fault, it got water in it.

Can the pump be mounted up high or up towards the front to keep it
from water logging?

On Mar 31, 3:16*pm, Tim wrote:
On Mar 31, 11:56*am, jamesgangnc wrote:





On Mar 30, 10:05*pm, Wayne.B wrote:

On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:42:20 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
Each one. *As the Bennett site suggests, the width or span is more important
than
how far out they come out from the transom (chord).

Bennett is a great outfit to do business with also. *They stand behind
their products and are easy to reach on the phone for advice.

I have the hydralic ones and when I needed to repair my hydralic pump
bennett wouldn't sell me parts. *They wanted me to buy a new pump. *I
ended up fixing it without them. *I might try the electric ones if I
had to do it again but they may have their own flaws. *I have had the
bennett hydralic tabs for about 10 years and the one time I had to fix
the pump was not really their fault, it got water in it.

Can the pump be mounted up high or up towards the front to keep it
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Yes, you can pretty much mount the pump anywhere as long as it's
upright. They give you plenty of line as well. Installation was
straight forward. Just make 1000% certain you have picked the right
location before you start drilling thru your transom. Cause with the
bennett hydralic tabs the lines go into the top of the trim tab
cylinders from inside the transom. Take a close look at the cylinders
and figure out where they will go on your transom to make sure that
you can reach the tops of them from inside. Bennett has all the
measurements on their site. Back when I got them they also had 2
different length cylinders. I was able to use the shorter cylinders.
It is a single line system, not dual like the outdrive. The tabs are
lowered by pumping fluid out to them. They are raised by reversing
the pump and "sucking" the fluid out. You can not raise and lower at
the same time but you can only raise or lower one tab if you want.

I left our runabout in the water over night and I did not have a float
switch bilge pump. We had a really heavy rain and I ended up with a
lot of water in the rear. Was a real mess as I had water in the
engine oil and water in the outdrive hydralics as well. Took all day
to get it right. The outdrive pump motor sticks straight up from the
resevoir so the motor part of it was not submerged. The bennett pump
is a smaller pump that is horizontal on top of a little resevoir. So
the electrical motor in it got submerged. I didn't really know it had
a problem till a month or so later when it stopped working reliably
and I took it apart to find a lot of corrosion in the motor. So it
was not bennetts fault by any means. I should have disassembled the
bennett pump right away.

On Mar 31, 1:43*pm, jamesgangnc wrote:
*The bennett pump
is a smaller pump that is horizontal on top of a little resevoir. *So
the electrical motor in it got submerged. *I didn't really know it had
a problem till a month or so later when it stopped working reliably
and I took it apart to find a lot of corrosion in the motor. *So it
was not bennetts fault by any means. *I should have disassembled the
bennett pump right away.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I used to see that a lot on Johnson/Evinrude power trim pumps. Which
were externally mounted and prone to water logging. People would park
their boat for the winter then wonder why the trim motor wouldn't work
the next year, and regardless on how you tried to clean them out,
those old prestolite motors were nye-on to worthless by then. Nothing
that money couldn't cure.

On Mar 31, 4:25*pm, Tim wrote:
On Mar 31, 1:43*pm, jamesgangnc wrote:
*The bennett pump

is a smaller pump that is horizontal on top of a little resevoir. *So
the electrical motor in it got submerged. *I didn't really know it had
a problem till a month or so later when it stopped working reliably
and I took it apart to find a lot of corrosion in the motor. *So it
was not bennetts fault by any means. *I should have disassembled the
bennett pump right away.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I used to see that a lot on Johnson/Evinrude power trim pumps. Which
were externally mounted and prone to water logging. People would park
their boat for the winter then wonder why the trim motor wouldn't work
the next year, and regardless on how you tried to clean them out,
those old prestolite motors were nye-on to worthless by then. Nothing
that money couldn't cure.

I did manage to fix this one. And that was 3 years ago and it's still
running so my fix "took". But generally you're right, these small
electrical motors get and stay wet for any length of time and they are
usually scrap. I wanted bennett to just sell me the motor since the
hydralic part was fine. They only sell the entire pump as a
replacement and it was almost $400. That was enough incentive for me
to spend a little more time fixing the motor. Puttting the pump half
back on it was another chore as it did not have any guide pins and
would bind easily if it was not in exactly the right spot. I ended up
attaching it just slightly snug, running the motor and then tightening
the bolts the rest of the way. I think the poor pump to motor
attachment was why they didn't sell either half individually.

I also had the joystick style control wear out on me. The current
slowly softened the plastic around the contacts until they sank too
far to work. I replaced it with an ordinary dpdt spring return
toggle. I don't use the side to side adjustment so having both tabs
go up and down together was not an issue for me.

Mind you I've had these tabs for about 15 years now so I can't really
complain.