Help needed with toolbox-mounted pump build

weirdboy said:

Hey guys & gals,

I am currently working on building a setup for my pump with a toolbox enclosure. Other than the fact that I seem to have lost my electrical tape, things are going relatively well so far on the build in terms of wiring and whatnot.

What I am worried about is the pump that I'm using is not your standard March 809 series. I am instead using a pump I got on eBay (a GRI 17651 series that I think I paid maybe $40 for). The input and output on this pump are 1/2" hose barbs instead of threaded connections.

Because they are hose barbs on the pump, I'm sort of at a loss as to how I can easily mount a valve to this contraption, in addition to setting this up to use QD's or camlocks in such a way that I can connect/disconnect the hoses without too much trouble. The only idea that comes to mind is to run short lengths of hose to threaded connectors that I mount or clamp onto the toolbox as well. Is there some magical hose barb->threaded connector that I am unaware of, or maybe some other way to do this that I'm not thinking of?

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weirdboy said:

OK, here's my best attempt at a photo. Please forgive all the white spots on there; I'm in the middle of making a couple loaves of bread and managed to get flour all over it.

The inlet is the one that sticks straight out, and the outlet is the one sticking up. They are both 1/2" barb connectors.

Another idea I had, assuming I absolutely have to use bits of hose to get this working, is to mount the pump entirely inside the toolbox (I'd get another), and use hoses to extend to barb/threaded fittings that I would mount on the walls.

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