The motor on the Groco SPO-40-R oil change pump in the engine room is shot. Groco no longer makes the 32V motor (big surprise!). Does anyone out there have one? Sam's is checking with their motor supplier, but I don't hold out much hope.
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02-20-2012 03:36 PM #1Senior Member
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Wanted: 32V motor for Groco oil change pump
Bill Root, USCG 100 Ton Master, Near Coastal
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02-20-2012 06:33 PM #2
Re: Wanted: 32V motor for Groco oil change pump
Have you taken it to a shop to see if it can be rebuilt? Might be worth giving Depco a call and getting their advice. It's not a Groco motor, and 32V motors are still around.
George
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Re: Wanted: 32V motor for Groco oil change pump
Vic's DC electric in stuart Fla vic can rebuild any DC motor
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02-21-2012 09:15 AM #4Senior Member
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Re: Wanted: 32V motor for Groco oil change pump
Bill Root, USCG 100 Ton Master, Near Coastal
MV BUFFALO GAL
1988 54' MY
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02-21-2012 10:10 AM #5
Re: Wanted: 32V motor for Groco oil change pump
Vic's is a great resource. Good tip. I hadn't though of him for motor rebuild, but it makes sense he could, or find a way to economically replace the motor with something else.
George
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02-21-2012 02:28 PM #6
Re: Wanted: 32V motor for Groco oil change pump
Bill - not sure how many oil changes you will do at anchor, but a 110vAC unit would be readily available and do a much better job pulling new cold oil into the mains and tranny's. But if you want to change the oil while on the hook, genny power would get the vAC pump running.
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02-21-2012 03:26 PM #7Senior Member
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Re: Wanted: 32V motor for Groco oil change pump
Good suggestion. If I can't get the 32V motor rebuilt, I plan to either go to a GROCO 24V motor and wire it to run off three of the 8V house batteries, or just dispense with the motor completely and buy a portable 110V transfer pump that I can connect to the oil change manifold in the engine room. I thought of mounting a small permanent 110V motor to the pump and just plugging it into the 110v outlet in the engine room, but I think it would be tough to get the correct shaft configuration and pump housing to motor alignment. Seems like a portable 110V pump is just a simpler way to go, and would be useful for more ways than just changing the oil.
Bill Root, USCG 100 Ton Master, Near Coastal
MV BUFFALO GAL
1988 54' MY
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Re: Wanted: 32V motor for Groco oil change pump
Bill I wentthrough the same thing with my Groco 32v. They could match up the old 32 volt motor with either a 12 or 24 and also noodle a 110 volt motor on to the old gear pump head.
I ended up replacing the whole motor/pump unit with a 110v reverso. They have some great leftover deals still at:
http://reversopumps.com/clearance-sa...ump-602-series
In my case the whole unit was cheaper than getting the Groco reworked and the up side is the 110 works faster than my old 32 volt did... and I can never remember doing an oil change when i didnt have 110 available anyways.Shawn
58 MY
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02-21-2012 07:31 PM #9Senior Member
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Re: Wanted: 32V motor for Groco oil change pump
There is a Groco 32 volt P9000 reversing pump on E-Bay. Asking $1,500.00.
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02-22-2012 12:28 PM #10Senior Member
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Re: Wanted: 32V motor for Groco oil change pump
Thanks, Sean. You're absolutely right that it's unlikely I would be changing oil in a place where I couldn't get 110V if I needed it. Did you mount the new unit in the engine room where the old one was? Did you hard wire it, or install a cord to plug into the 110V outlet in the engine room?
Bill Root, USCG 100 Ton Master, Near Coastal
MV BUFFALO GAL
1988 54' MY