Date:         Wed, 6 May 2009 11:55:21 -0600
Reply-To:     Paul Connelly <vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Paul Connelly <vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Faucet Water Pump was Re: O2 Sensor Problem - Last Week
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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Hey David,

I only stripped it out and tested it against the battery while I was
camping. I actually stripped it completely yesterday and it turned out to be
only a little seized. Too much for the motor to break, but a little
encouragement with some pliers freed up the shaft and cam assembly. Cleaned
it all out and allowing it to dry - will coat with silicone spray and
reassemble later today, but it should be okay.

You can still source the original Flojet pump with the correct hose sizes
(PN LF122202) - I found one on Ebay for $40 yesterday, and the current one I
bought from an RV store in Denver for $50 or $60 a couple of years ago.

Thanks for the suggestions though - I'll remember it for the "next time"!!!

Cheers,

Paul Connelly
'86 Vanagon Syncro Westy (Hummingbird)

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 4:38 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 05:38 PM 5/5/2009, Paul Connelly wrote:
>
>> Now to replace the internal water pump (this one only lasted about 10
>> "duty"
>> hours after the original lasted 20 years!)
>>
>
> If you mean the faucet pump, the smallest available size of submersible
> bilge pump (360 gph rating) works fine, lasts a long long time, pretty
> quiet, same current drain, under $20.  It's built for salt water use so it
> handles immersion in nice clean fresh water very nicely.  It will pump six
> gpm at zero head, but the faucet chokes it so the delivery is about the same
> as the original pump.  And if you should ever need another (like the
> original, they can burst if frozen hard while full of water), every
> penny-ante marine store in the universe carries them.  For the first
> installation, of course, you have to adapt down from the 3/4" hose barb to
> whatever size the existing hose is.  Can't remember precisely how I did it
> in '91, but (like the pump) it was free at the time.
>
>
>  --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"
>