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come on Vinny, you can do it. Open the wet end and put in a new seal. It's a $25 repair, or a new motor $400. Your motor still has a lot of life in it.
Quote from: clover on November 05, 2011, 01:13:13 pmcome on Vinny, you can do it. Open the wet end and put in a new seal. It's a $25 repair, or a new motor $400. Your motor still has a lot of life in it.you can order a 1.5hp Emerson for under $200, just up to you whether you want to shell out the money for something that may not be needed right now...and like clover said you could possibly get another 5yrs+ out of your current motor...If I were you I would just start with a wet end rebuild (seal, o-rings, maybe an impeller if needed)
Well I attempted to get the pump open and I was successful so I decided to order the seal. I was told my pump doesn't exsist anymore and to order a certain part and it should work. I did and proceeded to remove the impeller - it ain't budging. The place I ordered the seal (which I have since canceled) has online instructions on how to remove the impeller but they claim that sometimes you need to destroy it. So I call back the parts place and asked to get a replacement for an impeller and they can't cross reference it.So my pump is not a good part any more, parts may not be available and if I destroy the impeller I can't get a new one ... life is good!!
Quote from: Vinny on November 05, 2011, 03:30:48 pmWell I attempted to get the pump open and I was successful so I decided to order the seal. I was told my pump doesn't exsist anymore and to order a certain part and it should work. I did and proceeded to remove the impeller - it ain't budging. The place I ordered the seal (which I have since canceled) has online instructions on how to remove the impeller but they claim that sometimes you need to destroy it. So I call back the parts place and asked to get a replacement for an impeller and they can't cross reference it.So my pump is not a good part any more, parts may not be available and if I destroy the impeller I can't get a new one ... life is good!!typically you'll put a wrench on the shaft of the motor and spin the impeller off the threads
I popped the back of the motor off and put a big screw driver into the slot on the shaft. I tried to spin the impeller off and it didn't budge. I next took a channel lock plier and did the same thing and the impeller didn't budge. I sprayed some WD 40 hoping it would penetrate into possible rust - didn't work. In my experience metal vs plastic = metal wins. Without having a back up impeller I stopped for now.Quote from: TwinCitiesHotSpring on November 05, 2011, 04:21:11 pmQuote from: Vinny on November 05, 2011, 03:30:48 pmWell I attempted to get the pump open and I was successful so I decided to order the seal. I was told my pump doesn't exsist anymore and to order a certain part and it should work. I did and proceeded to remove the impeller - it ain't budging. The place I ordered the seal (which I have since canceled) has online instructions on how to remove the impeller but they claim that sometimes you need to destroy it. So I call back the parts place and asked to get a replacement for an impeller and they can't cross reference it.So my pump is not a good part any more, parts may not be available and if I destroy the impeller I can't get a new one ... life is good!!typically you'll put a wrench on the shaft of the motor and spin the impeller off the threads