96 Sweetwater Challenger 180 live well

[guy48065]

When I bought this boat at the end of summer the "standard equipment" live well under a seat was always used for storage and all that was left was the drainpipe & bulkhead fitting in a bag. My question is how did this ever work with no obvious place for a pump? The kind I see on other 'toons has a bilge pump in a submerged bracket on the end of one of the logs. Mine doesn't have any brackets.

[slingshot]

There should be a long pipe coming up from what would be the drain hole so you can keep a level of water in the tank. look around the upper edge for a spigot of some kind like in this photo.

[guy48065]

My question was how does the water get in the well when it looks like there's no place to mount a pump.
Are owners suppressed to fill it with a bucket? The live well was standard equipment but there's nothing in the owner manual about it.

[joe20toon]

The pump attaches to the rear of one of the pontoons. PVC, etc. tubing connects the pump to the live well...

[jimbo21165]

I think he's saying none of the plumbing hardware and pump is on his boat.

Live well was prolly installed, but fishing package wasn't optioned out.

[slingshot]

Agreed, it was probably cheaper for the manufacturer to equip all models with the tank which can double as a storage area than have two different storage boxes to put in there.

[guy48065]

Well how stupid is it for a manufacturer to include a live well as "standard equipment" but not even include a place to mount the (optional) pump?

[joe20toon]

The dealer here in Florida knew I wanted the "storage area" in front of the console to be a functioning live well. The boat came in without the plumbing to work the live well. There was a drain hole and filler tube installed. He tried to convince me to use it as a "fish box" instead of a functioning live well. They fixed their mistake... I have three live wells and, most likely, will never use all three but, the option is there... That storage area is the largest of the three.