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K. Figured it out. There was a gasket that was covered with rust. Was able to get a flat head in there and pry it apart.

I have a 1/2 hp shallow well jet pump. The brand is Home Plumber professional series from home hardware. I want to replace impeller. Instructions said to remove 4 bolts and the casing. Does not say how to remove casing. I have been pulling and prying but doesn't budge. With the 4 bolts...

I have a 1/3 hp shallow well pump. I have about 2 feet of pipe attached to intake hole with a check valve at the end. Then about six more inches of pipe after check valve. I prime the pump and turn it on. I hold my hand over end of pipe to feel suction. Barely anything. Shouldn't it be stronger...

Its copper looking, from home hardware. Its a basic swing valve that i have installed horizontally with slight slope up to pump

I have a red jacket shallow well pump. It's 1/2hp. The model is 50rjas. I currently do not have it hooked up to my house. I am just testing it out. After I prime it and turn it on, I do not feel much suction at the inlet hose. In fact I am not sure if I feel anything at all. Should there be...

I just got new check valve as pump kept losing prime. After stuggling ti get pump primed i took new valve back out and poured bit of water in it and it dribbled out. Took it back to store amd they said that was a faulty one and gave me another new one. I installed it and have water working for a...

K so i pulled out a plastic cap on bottom of the pump and it was a long plastic connection, not sure what its called and cleaned it up. It was covered in rust. Put it back in and hooked back up to well normally. Everything works now. Kinda weird.

Thanks for the replies, really appreciate the help. Here is an update. Since pump kinda seems to work, I wanted to test my intake line before I put it back under the house. I ran a spare piece of pipe from my regular intake line under the house to where I have the pump now about an extra 20...

Few questions on the suggestions. First if amps are low, does that mean the pump motor wont start? Or could it start but not be strong enough? If there was enough power to run the pump before, what would cause it to not get enough now?

Its high now. I am wondering if it dropped due to high usage and i sucked in a lot of air. Now that its back up not sure why i cant get it going again

K dont have amp meter. Ended up pulling pump out from under house and just tested it with pail of water. Pulled water from pail fine. Grrr.

Is amp meter and multimeter same thing? Also, is that tested at the little control box right at pump? Do you run the pump while testing ?

When you say filter is that the same as a foot valve? Going to fight with check valve. Its new, only bout a week or two old. What would cause it to get stuck shut?

Red jacet quick set jet pump 50RJAS

I thought my shallow well jet pump had lost its prime as i had no water in house suddenly. I left tub and sink tap open and went to pump to see if i could prime it. When i opened priming plug there was water right there and overflowed out of priming hole so cant add water. Now no clue what could...