Ballast manifold isdue

[Midshank1]

It seems that I have an issue with my ballast intake manifold

On my first day out this year, I could not get water into my bow sack and water to my right rear was slow to fill.

I thought I had a pump problem, but found the pump engaging on all 3 bag switches.

I did find my solenoid tabs in the wrong position (up) on all 3 solenoids. When I put them all down, I got flow to all bags.

The left rear got flow all the time which tells me that valve or solenoid is bad.

The problem I now have is that the rear bags are filling when I am cruising. So those valves must be stuck open?

Do I replace the manifold or the individual valves? Or am I missing something?

[Plum Nauti]

Mine do the same thing. You'll find the rubber diaphragm, in the sprinkler valve, tore, or with debris inside them. Very poor design for something that doesn't see daily use and is a pain to clean out. Cheap to repair with new valves from home depot or lowes. The tab on the solenoid is a manual override. They are either open all the time or controlled by the solenoid. So, may be that the solenoid is stuck closed? Makes you want to pull your hair out for sure.