Shurflo Smart Sensor 5.7 repairs
So... I've owned the Safari for 9 years, 9 months and 6 days. About 2 years in, I upgraded the water pump to a Extreme Series Smart Sensor 5.7, a.k.a. model 5900-211.
The pump that I bought new from an RV supply, is dated 9-04. The math doesn't work out for having a decade old pump other than the SOB's sold me a 5 year old NOS (new old stock) pump in the first place. You cannot get parts for 5.7 pumps built before 2006. NATURALLY! :M The pump head is different.
While getting it ready for the year, I find a leak, and it's from the pump. I pull it, and it's the pressure transducer that's spewing from a vent hole.
After calling Shurflo, Honeywell, etc., and boiled my research down to this part: ($29.71)
Honeywell transducer part number 24PCFFM6G Digikey is a place my company orders from all the time, and it's trusted. They are here and there for a few dollars less, but I'd rather get one from a good source.
Hopefully, this will help someone deciding to spend $300 to replace a spewing pump when the little transducer has gone bad and can't otherwise be fixed. And, by the way, my pump won't run either, so it's bad electrically as well.
I'll post photos of the repair and tear down later.
Here is what the transducer looks like:
The pump that I bought new from an RV supply, is dated 9-04. The math doesn't work out for having a decade old pump other than the SOB's sold me a 5 year old NOS (new old stock) pump in the first place. You cannot get parts for 5.7 pumps built before 2006. NATURALLY! :M The pump head is different.
While getting it ready for the year, I find a leak, and it's from the pump. I pull it, and it's the pressure transducer that's spewing from a vent hole.
After calling Shurflo, Honeywell, etc., and boiled my research down to this part: ($29.71)
Honeywell transducer part number 24PCFFM6G Digikey is a place my company orders from all the time, and it's trusted. They are here and there for a few dollars less, but I'd rather get one from a good source.
Hopefully, this will help someone deciding to spend $300 to replace a spewing pump when the little transducer has gone bad and can't otherwise be fixed. And, by the way, my pump won't run either, so it's bad electrically as well.
I'll post photos of the repair and tear down later.
Here is what the transducer looks like:
