this is a just a short video about pitcher ponds pitcher pumps have
leathers and then down here and at the end of this rod is a leather cup that
creates the vacuum in here pulls the water up and they've all fell apart or
shrunk to the size where they won't create suction anymore so I wanted to
show you how a pump comes apart there's a bolt back here I've already done all
this so I'm just going to show you how it comes apart this is a leather cup
down here and this unthreads and you can replace the cup that puppy's really
gaining some weight there and I've ordered the parts already and I took
this apart before I thought hey you know people might want to know what's in
there okay and there's another bolt like this on the opposite side I've already
removed it and what is supposed to be here is leather all the way around here
that this flange sets in and creates a seal and those are the pieces right
there and not only that but there is a flap
attached to that ring you got the leather ring and then a flap comes off
that ring and sets over this hole this weight goes through that it's got a nut
and a bolt and it goes through that flap and when you pump the handle it lifts
the weight up sucks the water in and the weight makes the flat slap shut and hold
the water in it in here so every time you pump the handle this pulls up and
then flap shut pulls up flap shut and the water level gets higher and higher
and higher and higher until it comes out to
out and this is not a you know a real good means of holding water in there I
mean it might hold water in there when all these leathers are wet and it might
hold water in here for you know an hour it eventually all seeps back around the
leather seal back down into the well so I've got this this far apart I've
ordered the parts Lehman's has them but I ordered my parts from
water source USA they had a kit for nine bucks 1995 1959
shipped to my house and it's uh it's this leather cup that's this leather
gasket right here so since I've got this apart this far I'm going to go ahead and
pull it off pull my drop pipe out and have a look at my foot valve and then
I'm going to stick a stick down there to see how much sediment I have at the
bottom of this casing and while I got it all open I might use that I don't know
if you've seen the can I made before I'm like if I do this if this seems like
there's a lot of sediment and there I'll show you how I make that can and get the
can down in here to augur out some of the set of the sediment that's settled
at the bottom of this casing pipe well there's the foot valve and it appears to
be okay but I'm going to go ahead and get my pipe wrenches and take it off and
have a good look at it since I got it out and there's the pump or what's the
pieces and I'm going to have a look down in here let's see
I'm going to say my water level I'm looking at it down there I don't know if
you can see it but my water level looks to be this is a 16-foot pipe and it
looks to be about ten foot down there so that's really not a lot of water for
this time of year but what I have found is that it replaces itself very quickly
so I'm going to oh and uh my foot valve is like six inches off the the bottom of
this casing pipe so and there's no sediment or mud on it so I don't think
I'm going to have to do any augering to get any sediment out I am going to stick
something down there just to poke around because you know it's apart and why not
make sure it's perfect before I put it all back together that way I only have
to do it once well the foot valve is okay I had a
little bit of sediment in it and I washed it out but it's holding water I
poured some water in here and let it set him in it and it's not leaching back out
so here's the parts oh and I was right it was a ten feet down below the top of
my casing which would put it about seven and a half feet down below the surface
of the ground which that's right about where I hit water to begin with here's
the here's the rubber of the it's not rubber it's a letter and this is the one
that's just worn beyond use also besides that flap and what it is is this metal
part here threads into these can you see the threads and it's going to be a son
of a gun get out so I'm going to disconnect it from the pump handle right
here pull that pin pull that cotter pin and then drop this pin
and then this rod goes to the top and I'll be able to put this in the vise
without breaking it because I would imagine they're aluminum I would imagine
so they don't corrode so I'm going to do that exactly what I didn't want to
happen happened I put the slightest a little bit of pressure on this just
slide this a little bit of torque and it just crumbled this is the kind of bad
word we get from China and I learned this every time you buy cheap all you
get is cheap but I don't know of any pump manufacturers that are in the USA
so anyway I'm going to buy this whole cage with a rod on it and they do sell
the parts I'll get back with you when I get all my parts together okay it's a
Tuesday I ordered these parts Thursday and I broke this so I had to cancel that
order and reorder the whole thing with a leather Cup and I'll put a link to where
I ordered it down below here and I got to do a couple of things before I put
this together number one I got to soak this leather I'm going to take this
leather cup off I'm going to soak that I got to put some anti-seize on that
because these leathers you know about once a year you've got to replace these
and I broke the other one because it was seized up so that was from the factory I
will put some anti-seize on this and that won't happen again now here is the
other flap it lays in there like this that's what it looks like
this part goes through that hole when you pump the handle this flops up water
comes up when you let the handle down this flops down to prevent the water
from going backwards so what I got to do is soak these and then this man this is
just this is why it wore out so quick that is so rough in there I don't have a
cylinder hone I had a cylinder hone I mean I've rebuilt a lot of engines in my
time but I told my shop apart and I cannot find my soldier home so I'm gonna
make on let me show you what I'm going to make it out this is a piece of
exhaust pipe I'm going to well the bar across this will the bolt on the end of
it cut a couple of slots on either side slide some Emery cloth up in that slot
and I'll be able to put a drill on this and and hone that out with some Emery
cloth I'm going to do that before I put this all together I'll show you that
once I get it made okay got my slots cut now I'm going to work on a welding or
stood on this end so I can put it in the drill there we go
I'm going to put a little Emery cloth in here and hone that out and I show you
what that looks like all right we're going to see if this
works
I'm going to work on this a little bit I started with some 150 grit on here I'm
probably going to work down to about 300 grit I think that'll be smooth enough
where it won't tear up the leather so I want to get it all shined up polish it
let's just say I'm gonna see if I can get enough light in here where you can
see what I've done what I'm going to do now is rub a little vegetable oil in
there just like it this thing together and and pump in I know it'll get some
rust back in there but maybe that vegetable oil will just prolong the
inevitable I'm going to start assembling then I got
to go in the house and get some vegetable oil but I'm going to start
reassembling this and I'll show you what I got all right I've got that put back
together I put a bigger washer on the back and but let's go to assembling this
let me zoom me out a little bit
I don't know how you can make a pole that's not American and it's not metric
I'll travel my metrics on this and they're too small or too big and my
American is too big not only knows what side this is it's Chinese sighs okay I'm
not going to get too crazy tighten this down right here
I will sock it down a little bit over time because I want them leathers to
conform to the bottom lip of this right here okay I got this
had that soaking for 24 hours here we go oh yeah that's a nice tight thing maybe
too tight I may have to knock this down with a
hammer
all right I've got that thing coated with vegetable oil so uh
anyway alright get this thing put together I'm going to put my foot valve
on my drop pipe and we'll be pumping water here in just a second
alright I'm fixing to put her together here we got to do it quick so you don't
get too bored
I'm just going to get these started and pump some water and then I'll come back
and put all my washers on just to show you that it works
I haven't primed it I don't know if it'll work without priming we'll see a
little sandy look that little shelf in the stove if I haven't pumped as well
since I'm letters broke and if I get a couple weeks of bumping it has to come
out clear all right you got any questions about the pump or the well
don't hesitate to ask thanks for watching