Date:         Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:57:55 -0700
Reply-To:     "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Follow-up: priming the sink pump
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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.

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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