I have a 20+ year old econo lift thats in great shape but the other day I couldn't get the lift to come up and noticed the housing for my super old lift blower is deteriorated. I went and grabbed my shop vac and used it raise the lift by connecting the hose the the outlet and holding it up against the lift tubing.
After searching for a replacement housing or reasonably priced lift control box I started wondering why can't I just buy a small shop vac and use that. Bonus, I'll have a vacuum mounted to the dock and ready to vacuum the boat any time.
FYI, my current setup has manual valves for filling and draining the lift tank so the actual procedure would be identical using a vacuum as it was when installed 20+ years ago.
What are your thoughts?
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