Any well experts out there?

Lee Harker

Lee Harker

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Got home tonight and the wife said the pump would run every so often without any water running ...I looked at the pump, a Flint and Walling, and water was squirting out the center of a diaphram round cover. I shut the water off and let the pressure off and took the cover off. There is a rubber diaphram with a metal disc that has a screwheaded threaded rod and a nut on it. I peeled the rubber back a little and there is a big spring behind it. I put a screw driver on the threaded rod and tried turning the nut and half the screw slot snapped off..it looks brass..couldn't loosen the nut so put the cover back on. Water doesn't squirt while the pump runs but starts when it kicks off. Can I just get a diaphram part or do I have to get the whole shebang that it's hooked to? Flint/Wallings site doesn't give any parts schematics..any help would be greatly appreciated as the well guys around here hardly answer their phones..and I KNOW most of them!
 
Give Huffnickle a call, I'm sure he can walk you through it. He's real smart about mechanical stuff.
 
I don't know, I have to get a mirror so I can see the tag. I looked on their site and it looked like the deepwell jet pump that has the round plate next to the electrical switch. My holding/pressure tank is a bladder style. I'm going to the plumbing supply house tomorrow to see if they have a parts diagram and parts..I have the water turned off for the night and am going to freakin bed now!
 
Lee,

I've had several jet pumps though the years. Amtrol, waterworker, sears (at the time was Clayton Mark). If it's 10 years old I'd replace it. I've never had go luck repairing these things. Once the system is open and I'd put the new parts in I'd never get it to prime. Mind you that's just me. Now if it's you air volume control (little gray box with electrical lines) and you're not opening up the pump don't listen me that's an easy fix. Also since you've got a bladder tank (read your manual) don't forget to check to that there is air pressure on the tank before turning the pump back on. I think it's like 15psi that's specified on mine so you don't over inflate the bladder.

Good luck, Winter is never a good time for water problems.

Ed
 
Lee:

Not me yet ...

The deffinition of an ExPert..

ExPert: A has been drip under pressure..

Hope it helps with the pump...
 
Hi Harker,

If the pump isn't real old it could be that your tank is water logged causing the pump to run almost continually. It may be that the best thing to do is to get the people who put the equipment in originally to drop by and check it out. I would probably replace the entire pump unit as it's all been working too hard for awhile. You gotta have water under pressure to flush your outboards and wash down your trailers. Sometimes cheaper isn't better.
Best,
Harry
 
Sad that you have to ask if there are any well experts on this site......I guess it is an assumption that most of us are sick! ;-)
 
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