Installing a new SureFlo water pump...

[Leroy A. Eckert]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan Wright"
wrote:

Does this look like your pump? If so it is used in a million boats and
in our Wanderlodge coach. It can run for days without water and not
get hot. I just wanted to defend it so it does not get a bad name.
http://www.wmjmarine.com/itt-369001000.html It has been around for
years, long before computers. Still pumping.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 Smoke N Mirrors
Dahlonega, GA
>
> Kevin,
>
> Thanks for the info. I'm looking forward to receiving this new pump.
> Mine is the old belt driven style... and I do mean old; my '66 Travco
> had the same darn pump and based on the looks of it, I'm guessing
> that's what it came with. Pretty sure my Bird came with the same pump
> way back in '86.
>
> I always leave my water pump off unless I'm washing dishes or taking a
> shower. Beyond that, I only turn it on for a few seconds to recharge
> the pressure/accumulator tank when water flow slows down. I do this
> for precisely the reason you mentioned... A couple of years ago,
> before I bought my coach, I read a post (I think it was on this forum
> even) about someone who came back to a flooded coach and a smoking,
> almost but not quite on fire water pump that had been running dry for
> God knows how long. I'd rather not deal with any of that and it's easy
> enough to flip the water on and off as I need it.
>
> -Ryan
> '86 PT-40 8V92
>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 6:44 PM, wrote:
> > Ryan,
> >
> > I installed the shurflo a few years ago, after my accumulator tank
failed.
> > I eliminated the tank, and went with just the pump. Works great.
The pump
> > speeds up when the demand increases, and it is sure nice using the
shower
> > with the improved pressure. You use more water just because it
comes out
> > faster, but according to my girls, it's a lot easier to get the
shampoo out
> > of their hair so it probably about the same water usage. All the
tank does
> > is maintain some pressure in the lines so the pump doesn't run for
just a
> > momentary demand of water. Since the shurflo is a variable speed
motor, you
> > won't notice a difference in sound from the original (maybe even a
little
> > quieter)
> >
> > Just one note....I had a fitting pop off the pressure side of the
pump while
> > I was driving, and in a short period of time that ever so
efficient pump
> > almost drained my fresh water tank into the area where the pump and
> > accumulator tank is located. It was a faulty shurflo
clamp....(taught me to
> > keep the pump switch "Off")
> >
> > Kevin McKeown
> > Yorba Linda, CA
> > 1986 38' PT (For sale)
> >
> >
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