ASM Skimmer Club!

I have an ASM G3 with the gate valve mod. Looking to upgrade the pump (old sedra 5000) to a new one as it is going out. Any suggestions?
 
Muffler=Section of 2 inch pipe with a hole drilled in both ends with foam seperating the holes. The end of the air hose gets put into one hole. When you get into pumps that can suck a lot of air, it can help quiet the sucking noise.
 
How do you* tap or *drill? a hole for the collection cup and where can I find a little barbed fitting with shut off for it to screw into?
Thanks, Marksreef.
 
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MarksReef said:
How do you* tap or *drill? a hole for the collection cup and where can I find a little barbed fitting with shut off for it to screw into?
Thanks, Marksreef.
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If you can, back up the plastic with a piece of wood. Use a variable speed drill and go slow. I used guest valves. HD sells them.
 
MarksReef said:
How do you* tap or *drill? a hole for the collection cup and where can I find a little barbed fitting with shut off for it to screw into?
Thanks, Marksreef.
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alternately you could use a small uniseal. They make them down to 1/4" - go to aussieglobe.com
 
Will you run the Tunze recirculating style? If you do you might have a hard time getting the pump's input mounted into the skimmer's body. I couldn't get the medium hydrofoamer to fit my G1x, had to go with the smallest hydrofoamer.
 
I ended up running my tunze 9420 as the only pump for my G4. after putting it in, I didnt need the recirculating sedra. best upgrade I ever did for the skimmer. If I remeber correctly, I put a 1" to 3/4" reducer on the pump output, and then slid the 3/4" pipe into the stock mounting hole.
actually here is a pic

 
mc-cro said:
I ended up running my tunze 9420 as the only pump for my G4. after putting it in, I didnt need the recirculating sedra. best upgrade I ever did for the skimmer. If I remeber correctly, I put a 1" to 3/4" reducer on the pump output, and then slid the 3/4" pipe into the stock mounting hole.
actually here is a pic

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Did the 9420 overwhelm the G4? Did you have to make any adjustments to the bigger pump vs. if I were to go with the 9410? I have the G3 so the body diameter is 2 inches smaller.
 
when I get home I will have to double check what size mine is, but looking at that pic, i would still guess its a 3/4 hole. but maybe its a 1" with a 1"25 couple on the pump side?
 
I know the Sedra 5000 came with two different output sizes, both 3/4" and 1", I have both. My old ER Sedra 5000 has a 3/4" output and my ASM Sedra 5000 has the 1" output. 3/4" pvc fits the ER and 1" pvc fits the ASM.
 
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