Before you crawl down and mess with the pump, remove that screw in the center of the faucet, and see if you have a broken wire / dirty contacts. It's a pretty simple arrangement in there, I had intermittent operation on mine due to a broke wire on a ring terminal that connects to one of the contacts. If I twisted juuuust right, I'd get contact (sometimes). I crimped on a new ring, and have been trouble free since (no trouble with the faucet, anyway :-). At 01:56 PM 6/22/2006 -0700, Mike Elliott wrote: >Hm, the shakedown trip derby continues. > >Mellow Yellow has bee sitting idle for eight months with an empty >freshwater tank. I've put water into the tank but the faucet ain't >pumping water. I can hear the pump motor growl for a few seconds, then >it shuts off. These things need priming? > >-- >Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >71 Type 2: the Wonderbus >84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano >KG6RCR |
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