calsmith1990 Posted October 7, 2019 Report Posted October 7, 2019 Good Morning Everyone, I have a Maverick HPX-T from 2004. I have a Port side crustacean livewell, others have told me it is a "free flowing" livewell. Immediately, when the transom hits the water the livewell begins to fill up with water. I have a drain plug in the livewell that goes directly in the hull. There is another white colored faucet that I see the water comes in from. Is there a way to stop the water from automatically coming into my livewell? Valve I could turn off maybe? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
SCFD rtrd. Posted October 7, 2019 Report Posted October 7, 2019 Not familiar with your boat, but if water immediately enters the live-well when the boat is put in the water, I would suspect that water is entering from the drain. If you install the drain plug, does that stop the water from entering? The white faucet thing might be connected to a pump. If so, just close the valve before the pump.
Coto Posted October 7, 2019 Report Posted October 7, 2019 You can unscrew the white valve off and get a 3/4 screw cap they sell at west marine to cap it off, that’s what I did with my HPXV release well valve. The 1 1/2 T-H plug seen in the picture should be plugged in to keep water from coming up. Get a new plug they dry up after a while and don’t seal as tight as when new. My crustacean well also has a 1” brass flow thru that goes to the bottom of the hull and where the 1” stand pipe you see in the picture goes. That also needs to be plugged I use a 1” brass t-plug that expands when tuned. Another thing also on the screw cap make sure to put some Teflon tape on the male end thread. Hope that helps.
calsmith1990 Posted October 18, 2019 Author Report Posted October 18, 2019 wonderful. Thank y'all very much.
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