On occasion when the bilge fills up, the pump comes on but yet does not
pump any water. When this occurs, I manually move the float (which is a
separate unit) up and down a few times and the pump begins to work
normally. Today, after washing the boat I could not get the pump working
even though the pump was running, no matter how many times I started it
with the float mechanism.

Question, does it sound like the pump or float is bad? Or could it be
something I'm not figuring?

Thanks,
Mr Ranger