| access to house water pump [message #107501] |
Sat, 04 December 2010 11:54  |
Dave Martin
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Plumbing near my house water pump is leaking (on the house side rather than tank side of the pump.)
Unfortunately there is a double bed blocking easy access from above; is there an easier way to gain access other than removing the bed?
Dave (in Dunnellon now)
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| Re: access to house water pump [message #107509 is a reply to message #107501] |
Sat, 04 December 2010 12:31  |
idrob
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| Dave Martin wrote on Sat, 04 December 2010 09:54 |
Plumbing near my house water pump is leaking (on the house side rather than tank side of the pump.)
Unfortunately there is a double bed blocking easy access from above; is there an easier way to gain access other than removing the bed?
Dave (in Dunnellon now)
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Probably a PO modification, and one that makes the water pump access more difficult than the original, which itself was not easy. On my X-PB there was a panel that allowed some access from the front, but to really get at things I had to remove the seat above, then the plywood panel over the tank and water pump. So, probably you will have to just disassemble things by inspection, until you get enough out to get at it.
You may consider replacing the pump altogether with a new one if the access is very difficult, and you don't want to do it again (and again). It will be to your advantage to replace all the input and output lines, considering the difficult access you have. While you are in there look for a small white plastic check valve in the output line from the pump. If it is still there, remove it, as the check valve in the pump is all you need. The second check valve causes priming issues and serves no use with the modern pumps we have now.
Rob Allen
former owner of '76 x-PB
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| Re: [GMCnet] access to house water pump [message #107633 is a reply to message #107591] |
Sun, 05 December 2010 21:10 |
GMCNUSA
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| Dave Martin wrote on Sun, 05 December 2010 14:40 |
[Thanks for the link.
My double bed mattress & board hinges similar to yours (without the board at the back to accommodate the mattress thickness), but the mattress board is one piece and like the mattress I may have to cut it to get it out.
My setup has no 12 x 12 access panel, but even with one it'd be difficult to get at the pump (it'd involve lying down in the under-bed storage area.)
Thanks for your help everyone,
Dave
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I have a bed in the back and have performed winterizing and R and R of pump thru factory access hole by laying in the storage area. It is not easy but perhaps cutting an access hole would be a short term solution.
Good Luck!
Larry Dilk
Indianapolis, IN
76 Eleganza II
Patterson 455,Turbo City TBI,
Just LOVE It!
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