[SEL] Little OT pitcher pump that I want to drive with Herc.

[MaytagTwin at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/30/2004 4:33:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
BillMil357 at aol.com writes:

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> Hi Ron;
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> Man you have sure shed some light on my pump, if you wanted to run a pipe 
> straight up where the plug is would you put the plug in the hole on the 
> side?
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> Thanks,
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> Bill.

Hi Bill,
Yes, either the hole on top that is plugged, or, the hole on the side can be 
output.  You should have another hole or pipe under your pump that is the 
intake port.  Just above it should be a built in check valve.  IF that valve is 
missing, you can install a simple flap check valve in the intake line.  That 
will work OK, especially if your intake line is pipe, not poly.

Pay attention to the geometry of your power setup.  If you use a walking beam 
as you saw at SIAM, you might set up the center of the walking beam so that 
it has enough pivot motion to keep your pump piston rod centered in the packing 
gland.  Those parts can all be wood, and you'll get lots of monkey motion.  
You can use cardboard, and cut out the shapes, then pin them together and study 
the motion before you make them of wood, using the cardboard as templates for 
cutting your wood.  

I think you have a fine pump there, with much more potential than a common 
pitcher pump.

Ron