On Jun 14, 2007, at 11:57 AM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott wrote: > Back in January of this year I experienced a problem where no water > would come out of the sink faucet even though the pump could be heard > working. There was an associated condition: the water tank had been > completely empty prior to the problem. This happened a couple of > times. > I posted a request for help solving this odd issue. Various excellent > ideas were supplied, but one turned out to be the quick and easy fix: > suck on the faucet with the pump running. > > We ran into the same problem on Monday, having just filled the > tank. The > pump whirred, but nuttin' came out of the faucet. So I looked > around to > make sure that no one except Mrs Squirrel could be watching, > applied my > lips to the end of the faucet and sucked. After a moment, water > sprayed > out. It worked. > > I'm not proud that I did this. I could even feel a little dirty for > having done it. Cheap and used. But sometimes a fellow has to do > things > he's not proud of to take care of himself or his family. With sink > water > assured, I knew Mrs Squirrel had a fully-operational kitchen. She > stared > at me with her hand over her mouth, trying not to giggle. I averted my > eyes shamefully, wiped off my chin, muttered something about > priming the > pump, and skulked off to set up the barbecue or something. Much nicer to suck on the water pipe than to siphon the gas tank? Tom B.-have only done the gas job |
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