Date:         Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:20:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      update - water pump working again!
Comments: To: Wet Westies <wetwesties@yahoogroups.com>
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Hi all,

Thanks for all the clear and well-written technical emails you sent,
explaining how to check if the pump is working, how to check the faucet
switch, where the fuses are.  I read my Bentley, and read all the emails,
and read a lot of my book on automotive electrical systems (which includes
some good basic stuff on reading electrical diagrams, how circuits work,
etc.).  Then I went out to the van to see what I could do.

So, I started with the complex technical advice of Marcia Holm in Oregon,
who suggested that I "gently move the "pump action" thingy."  Figured I'd
start there...

Bingo!  My pump is working fine.

I suppose it was a bit clogged.  I ran a lot of water through the faucet,
and I will keep doing that over the next day or two, in case it's actually
something worse.  I don't need it to clog again at Burning Man.  But it
seems to be okay!

Thanks everyone for your advice.  I hope I won't turn out to need it, but if
things mess up again I will follow more of your directions.



Joy


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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon

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