As for the rest of the install, that was the easiest part.

I dont have the space behind my muffler like he did on his 24, so I mounted the pump to the inside of the panel that is at the front of the port rear locker.




Right across from where I mounted my pump was a main engine ground terminal that was nice and convenient to ground the pump to.

Again since my boat is shorter I didnt have as much room on the raw water intake hose from the hull to the v-drive, but I made it work. I removed the hose from the boat, cut out the section for the plastic tee and installed the short section from the intake elbow to the tee with a rubber mallet and some heat. I put it back into the boat and pushed the other section between the tee and the v-drive on by hand, using heat before every push. It took a lot of grunting and left me minus some skin!

I then took tg0824SSVGG's advice and tapped into the hot water hose coming off the block and going up to the heater. The only place I saw to tap into the block with the supplied hose barb is the drain plug that has a sensor mounted to it, I also didnt want to disconnect that sensor permanently. I didnt mount it in the exact same spot as it was tighter to work, so I tapped in farther up. You'll have to head to the hardware store as he says to buy the brass tee, the three threaded barbs and extra hose clamps you need to do this.


Then it was just a matter of running the hoses to all the right spots. I decided to mount my mixing valve vertically in the back of the port locker. I actually took it back out as I decided I liked the idea of having a switch back there instead of having to turn it on at the dash and using up the only empty switch. So I emailed Heatercraft and asked them if I could send back my S102 valve and pay the difference to upgrade to the 110S valve that has a switch on it. This option wasnt available when I bought mine off of skidim.com. They said no problem, so I shipped back my valve and am just waiting for them to receive it and ship me back the new one with the switch.


Once I put the mixing valve back in I'll be ready to test it.

Thanks for the tips and great pics tg0824SSVGG!