| I would suggest you reinstall the racor after the fuel pump. Yes it is that noisy thing with the wires.
Install a switch on it or use the ignition switch and you can use it to fill the racor.
You will never have an air leakage problem again with your racor if a seal isn't quite right. Instead you will have a fuel leak which you will notice when you first start up the engine.
Set up this way if you had to quickley change a filter at sea (a sloppy sea stirs up the dirt in the tank) and if it leaks who cares, at least you will not end up on a reef.
On some boats with the fuel tank built into the keel that vibratory pump might have trouble picking up fuel when you have messed with the filters. If this is the case you can plumb in a squeeze bulb at the top of the tank to help it start up quick. |