Re: [A/S] Fresh water Tank Leak/testing

Greetings Anne!

--- In AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com, Anne Pearse Hocker <aph948@...> wrote:
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> The fresh water pump pix were very dark so I wrote down the info that I could see. Is this the original pump (anyone know?)?
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> Shure-Flo Diaphram
> 2088-403-144
> Model 10-6
> (handwritten etched numbers...) 8174-8
> 45psi
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> I left the city water on all night but there was no overflo this morning....
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> I can't remove the Airstream now because it's blocked in by my storage POD, which won't be removed until just before closing next week, so I'm either going to order a new pump and install it here, or live with it until I can limp into the mother ship and hope they have room in their schedule and waiting room for two big dogs, two surly cats and two hormonal falcons. It'll be different:-)
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> The water pump looks like a fairly easy remove job if that's the problem. But I don't want to fix what ain't broke:-)
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> Anne
>
Something you might consider is that if you purchase a new water pump and it doesn't solve the problem, the second pump can be your spare to carry along for an emergency when a replacement pump might not be available due to late hour, weekend, holiday, or remote location. I started doing just this in 1995, and it has been a good insurance policy . . . I was in a remote campsite in the Missouri Ozarks when my PAR pump failed and my rebuild kit didn't have one of the parts that I needed . . . installed the spare pump and had water for the duration of that trip and I was able to order the parts to repair my PAR pump so that it could be reinstalled and the spare returned to its drawer. Your coach's pump likely isn't rebuildable so when its pump does break down a replacement is likely your only option. With a Vintage Airstream that came from the factory with a PAR pump, you can rebuild the pump and keep it going almost indefinitely.

Good luck with locating your water problem!

Kevin

Kevin D. Allen
WBCCI (Lifetime) #6359 . . . VAC and Computer Club
1964 Airstream Overlander Land Yacht International -- 1999 GMC K2500 Suburban -- 7400 VORTEC, 4.10 Differentials.
1978 Argosy Minuet 6.0 Metre -- 1975 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible -- 8.2 Liter, 2.70 Final Drive Ratio.

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