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Title: water pump dead
Post by: GleamB on May 20, 2018, 07:57:54 am
no way to start off my morning. 1/4 tank fresh water, pump lights on, been working like a clock......dead. I'm grouchy. Gotta have a cup of coffee....then????? check fuse at bed?? check power at pump?? Start drinking early??
Title: Re: water pump dead
Post by: its toby on May 20, 2018, 08:06:35 am
Make ire there isn't a connection at the pump bar has failed (butt connector or worse a scotch connector). Then with a small hammer or a ratchet handle some gentle percussive maintenance might get it going for the day.
Title: Re: water pump dead
Post by: nitehawk on May 20, 2018, 08:26:19 am
I/we always keep a one gallon jug of drinking water handy just for a dire emergency like yours.
(Actually it is the DW's idea. I am too much of a dumbass to think that far ahead)
Title: Re: water pump dead
Post by: GleamB on May 20, 2018, 08:35:10 am
butt connector? scotch connector??
Title: Re: water pump dead
Post by: GleamB on May 20, 2018, 09:41:33 am
the gauge lied to me. Filled with water. All is good. Thanks. Not grouchy anymore. On the road again!!
Title: Re: water pump dead
Post by: Travelin' Man (RIP) on May 20, 2018, 10:34:14 am
Another happy ending.
Title: Re: water pump dead
Post by: Bill & Kim on May 20, 2018, 10:37:46 am
the gauge lied to me. Filled with water. All is good. Thanks. Not grouchy anymore. On the road again!!

Bu.. but what about the 'start drinking early' idea?
Title: Re: water pump dead
Post by: Pierce & Gaylie Stewart on May 20, 2018, 10:44:49 am
no way to start off my morning. 1/4 tank fresh water, pump lights on, been working like a clock......dead. I'm grouchy. Gotta have a cup of coffee....then????? check fuse at bed?? check power at pump?? Start drinking early??
I had a problem just like that. It was the ground wire for the pump. I pulled it off where the ground was intermittent, extended it to the compartment light switch at the door and made a new ground there. Courtesy of Bill Chaplins great cavern of a garage.

Pierce