Yesterday I discovered that my Whale Gusher 10 manual bilge pump diaphragm was torn. So today I visited West Marine to pick up a service kit and replaced it on the boat in less than 10 minutes. Good as new. The kit came with more parts than the diaphragm so I just saved those in case anything else goes sideways. I had two $10 dividend coupons from my West Marine membership so I used those and saved about 40% of the service kit, which seemed overpriced for what it is--as is typically the case with all boat parts!
The diaphragm and the manual pump itself seem mission critical so I went ahead and ordered another service kit to have on hand. I'm actually doing an inventory of all spare parts I have and will order an extra for anything important for which I only have a single spare.
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