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 fr...
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Got the transducer today.
Here it is in the pump head.
Inside the head, the nut holds it in place. There's an O ring on the transducer itself for sealing.
Side view of the new one. I haven't put the O ring on it yet.
The old one taken apart. The threaded part is just a mechanical piece, the other is the transducer itself. The little rubber square is the remains of the membrane. That's what croaked and made it leak from the vent hole that leads to the air side of it.
I've tested the reassembled pump by blocking one side with a finger and sucking on the inlet to see if it holds the vacuum with my tongue. (Valid scientific testing :B ) It does, so it's going back in tonight. And, it runs now. (Bench test) It must have "thought" the pressure was high and never turned on the pump, that's why it never ran either.
Here it is in the pump head.
Inside the head, the nut holds it in place. There's an O ring on the transducer itself for sealing.
Side view of the new one. I haven't put the O ring on it yet.
The old one taken apart. The threaded part is just a mechanical piece, the other is the transducer itself. The little rubber square is the remains of the membrane. That's what croaked and made it leak from the vent hole that leads to the air side of it.
I've tested the reassembled pump by blocking one side with a finger and sucking on the inlet to see if it holds the vacuum with my tongue. (Valid scientific testing :B ) It does, so it's going back in tonight. And, it runs now. (Bench test) It must have "thought" the pressure was high and never turned on the pump, that's why it never ran either.
