Recent content by Mainiac1

Thnx Reach4. hope its bigger than 2.5"

Looking at buying a property with a 300' very old deep well with a jet pump. the pump looks to be brand new and owner says it will run all day but not pump water. She had a guy quote $9000 to fix the well. The outer casing looks to be 3"-4" metal casing, I didn't measure it when I was looking at...

Sorry, I didn't mean to post in this thread, meant to start a new one. Thanks for the 3" pump info.

Looking at buying a property with a 300' very old deep well with a jet pump. the pump looks to be brand new and owner says it will run all day but not pump water. She had a guy quote $9000 to fix the well. The outer casing looks to be 3"-4" metal casing. Not sure of inner pipe size. I have...

Great picture. Thanks to those that posted. I'm pretty sure the leather cup seals I bought and installed are a little bit too large on the ID. I've been looking for 2" OD x 1-1/4" id and most everything is 1-5/16" ID, which I have now and their kindy sloppy. this is where I think I'm loosing the...

The pipe broke when I was putting it back on the hole the 1st time, so the pipe is a few" shorter now. Shrader valve was leaking air. Replaced the valve and pressure tested it isolated..held 30 psi good for 3+ hours. Leathers are new. pump Pressure is good, and no external leaks on the topside...

My Sta-Rite jet pump is cycling on about every 8 minutes. 65' well, 40' of suction line. I can watch the pressure gauge at the pump go down to 35 psi and kick on til 55 and shut off. Pressure switch is working ok. I have an output shut off valve a few feet after the pressure tank shut off. I've...