Re: [tabtrailers] Re: Water pump problems

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From: Al <alcampnut@att.net>
To: tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 11:48:10 AM
Subject: [tabtrailers] Re: Water pump problems

Hello Lorraine, AKA: Gullible old lady

I don't know what model Sureflo you purchased, but to hopefully make you feel better about your nest egg being shoveled to the wind. Here is what I know about this subject.

First you purchased a Sureflo, and in my book its one of the best. I just replaced a cheap pump with a SF [ which I should have installed first ] It cost me $87 with out tax. Now I would have paid close to what you paid, had I had some ones labor charge added on, but I can do this stuff.

Oh! Good idea not to over tighten clamps on plastic fittings.

OK now the water in the lines falling back to the tank after you shut it off. That will happen because of the location of the pump. Being that it is above the water source with out a check valve, and the supply line [ I assume ] Is entering from the top of the tank to the bottom. If the pump was mounted at or below the level of the water in the tank. There would always be a supply of water filling the air void that you get from allowing the water to fall out from the pump  [ causing sputtering ] and back to the tank.
The only way to remedy this.  Is to move the supply line to the bottom of the tank.
Again assuming you have the OEM  plastic carry tank this will be difficult, as the tank will have to be removed to be filled and hard to do with the supply line fixed to the bottom of the tank.
You are in the phase of what I call the TLC mode of making your Tab, Your Tab. And we all know it takes a lot of TIME LABOR< AND CASH. To make it right.

Hope this helps. You are on the right track. Don't give up. AL, Taxitab

PS Photo in new photos.










--- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, Lorraine <tabtravels@...> wrote:
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> Greetings,
>
> My water pump is still a frustration to me!!  I've spent almost $200. on
> pumps and labor.  The new Shur-Flo  spits and sputters--and leaks!!  On
> Sunday I filled the five gallon water tank and spent (seemingly) several
> hours trying to resolve the leak.  I don't know whether I read it
> somewhere--or if I subconsciously **knew**--but I finally elevated the pump
> above the  water level.  (Why didn't the RV repair man do that??)  The hose
> stopped leaking.  However, now there is air in the line so it is spitting
> and sputtering.  ~~  It seems to me that I've had "too many" problems with
> accessories on this trip.  First: Oversold on the benefits of new battery
> ($300. total expense), and, second, water pump repair (almost $200.
> expense).  Gullible old lady?!?!?!*
> *
> *
> *Lorraine (in a Panera Bread near Lexington, Kentucky)*
> *http://TabTeardropTravels.blogspot.com*
> *
> *
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