Priming the Fresh Water Pump

[Shawn Fountain]

Thanks for the detailed response and your patience. I am new to rvs, this is
my first one. And I am learning to be more mechanical, but I am not there
yet. I do not know what the sporlan valve is or how to cycle it. I will
check to make sure the tank is filling and look for a valve btw the fill
point and the tank. I will also try to loosen the outflow and then check the
belt. Thanks for the input.

SDF

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Gary Miller"
Reply-To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Priming the Fresh Water Pump
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:59:43 -0000

If it is the sporlan valve for the tank fill, try cycling it a couple
times with the hose attached and on. This will sometimes clean the
sediment out of the assembly and allow the valve to close. If not,
you may have to take the valve apart and get the sediment out, or it
could be time for a rebuild. BB sells the sporlan rebuild kit.

It could also be that your pump won't self prime anymore. BB sells a
new pump base for about 20 dollars. This is less likely than the
sporlan problem. To help the pump prime, loosen the outflow water
hose, have someone turn it on while holding the hose, remove the hose
just slightly and when you get a shower put it back on and scream to
have the pump shut off. Don't forget to tighten it down again.
It'll be fine until you run out of water.

Lastly, the set screw can come off the pump pulley, or the belt can
come off of at the pump. Turn on the pump and make sure it's
spinning the belt.

Gary MIller
83 FC 33 - For Sale 'millercoachworks.com'
Milwaukee area

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor"
wrote:
> Shawn, I had the same prob but it was the valve that changes the
input
> water from 'hookup pressure' to 'tank fill'. I dont know if you
have
> the same set up but the electric valve on my camper was holding
open.
> Does the pump keep running?
> Greg
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "shawn_fountain"
> <shawn_fountain@h...> wrote:
> > I drained my fresh water lines on my 35FC80 side bath using the
knobs
> > at the rear bed compartment. I filled the tank halfway and tried
the
> > sinks. I hear the pump running but no water is coming out. The
> > commercial hookup works fine. No water is leaking out anywhere.
Does
> > the pump need to be primed? If so, how?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > SDF
> > 35FC80