shellatorg
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Post by shellatorg on Oct 2, 2015 12:01:09 GMT -8
We have the hand water pump on our 67 Frolic and it looks like it's all hooked up to copper piping going to under our dinette seat. Any one have one like this? Do you pump it up and down? Is it super hard to do? Trying to pump it seems really difficult. I was wondering if I could stick the end of the plumbing in some water and see if I can get the pump to work?   |
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Post by bigbill on Oct 2, 2015 14:05:35 GMT -8
It most likely needs disassembled and cleaned. when right it should work fairly easy.
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Post by mountainsounds on Oct 2, 2015 16:39:29 GMT -8
If it's primed it will probably work fine, at least that's what ours needed.
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Post by vintagebruce on Oct 2, 2015 17:14:40 GMT -8
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Post by mountainsounds on Oct 2, 2015 17:32:38 GMT -8
oooh, a check valve, good idea. We'll haven't installed our water system yet so we'll definitely include one, the 1950's hand pump we have doesn't come with a switch to maintain the prime. |
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Post by nccamper on Oct 2, 2015 17:54:13 GMT -8
Cleaned worked for me on the last camper. There is a metal ball that sits in the tube. It gets stuck in place at the base of the chamber if it sits for a long time.
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Post by Ten on Oct 2, 2015 18:11:03 GMT -8
You can dunk the tail of the faucet into a bucket to try pumping, and the wet may bring it back to life easily, but I would much suspect that taking it apart and cleaning everything out will give better results.
The original idea is a vacuum pump that works with a (relatively) short line from a reservoir, for fairly light use. The hand pumps were plenty in a small system that allowed one to wash their hands off, and not a lot more.
The ball in the valve was the original check valve, and a separate one was not really necessary. If one of these systems lost prime, it is such a short throw that it takes little effort to re-prime, if the function of the pump works properly. A check in the line would not hurt anything but in some cases may not be necessary, and may make it more difficult to winterize.
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Post by shellatorg on Oct 2, 2015 18:43:03 GMT -8
Thank you! I did try searching first, but didn't find this! |
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