So...This past December, as I prepared my sailboat in Mexico for our annual winter sail, I needed a new water pump. Quickest and easiest fix was to “borrow” the Shurflo pump I had in my OutfitterMfg. truck camper. Perfect fix. Upon returning to the c...
Ok. It was a fricken old guy moment. After dropping the floor twice, changing the pump 3 times, redoing the plumbing in the basement, it turns out, I wasn’t tightening down the hose from the tank to the pump connection tight enough. Where’s the **** ...
wa8yxm wrote:On the inlet side of the pump ia (normally) a "Strainer" and it can be opened for cleaning and then misaligned when you close it allowing pump to suck air.Thanks. Good thinking, but there is no strainer. No filter. No anti freeze hook up...
philh wrote:was water left in the fresh water tank for an extended period of time? Have you tried blowing on the line into the tank?do you have sufficient voltage to drive the pump?I’ve put my mouth on the line coming from the tank, and I can suck w...
pianotuna wrote:feed line to pump may be leaking. Replace with Pex.Cold this winter may have frozen the line and cracked it.I’ll look into it. But, the camper was parked in Mexico through the winter. No freezing pipes.
3 tons wrote:Its hard to say, but maybe you can remove the pump and mock it up say drawing from a water bucket to see if the pump is working properly...I too share your mechanical inclinations but find that this is more of a burden than a blessing be...
