The best on YouTube How to remove A Well pump and every check possible + cool trick cheap.
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- This is the link to the video of all of the things I messed up during this video. I highly recommend you watch it only took a year and a half for my pump to fail again.
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Did your faucets at home quit working suddenly? You may be looking at replacing the pump in your deep well at home. Finding out that a deep well pump replacement could be well over $2,000 for pressional help? a deep well pump replacement can be a big undertaking as your deep well could be 500ft deep and your pump could be all the way at the bottom. Not only that, but knowing which kind of pump to replace it with can be confusing as well as there are so many and your pump is probably nearly 25 years old. In this comprehensive guide we go over everything you need to know about replacing your pump in your deep well at home! Especially taking note to show you exactly how to pull your deep well pump out of the ground (it's definitely a pain unless you follow the method in the video). After watching the video you won't be asking if you can replace your deep well pump yourself. I go over all the tools you need to complete the well pump replacement in the video. none of them being too hard to aquire except for what you'll use to pull. in my situation I used a cherry picker for a good bit of it before a buddy of mine came through.
Replacing your deep well pump is just work. The pump replacement is easy once you figure out your plan of attack.
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Set my first well pump almost 40 years ago at the first house I built in NY. Bought a kit from Sears. Everyone thought I was crazy but it worked out real well. Set my well here in NC at my dream house on the water again everyone thought I'm crazy. I've saved many thousands and I know that there is nothing I can't do myself I just work through the mistakes and learn. All my work is first rate no expense spared quality that you can't get from the professionals who have to cut every corner to make the most profit. Great video, you show that you can work through all the mistakes and still get the job done.
Thank you very very much John and I appreciate the story too. That’s definitely what we do. Here we work with what we have. Hopefully this video helps a lot of people and gives them the confidence to save a lot of money. Truly that’s what I want from all of my videos.
@@sharpcarco Here in North Carolina Yankee skinning is accepted practice especially among contractors . I have to do everything myself. Most work is done slipshod and crooked so I do everything possible myself. I have had a few people who were very good and I am very appreciative since they are so rare. I like to save money but more importantly I want it done right.
What is Yankee skinning?
If you are a Yankee and move to the south you will soon find out. @@sharpcarco
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Great video laughed my ass off When I saw your boy put the ladder in the bed of the truck and climb up on it I had a flash back to one of my safety classes of what not to do but hey it gotter done ! 😂 great video though
I started setting well pumps with my boom truck 20 years ago, I can pull 100' of pipe at a time, which really speeds up the work. I like the schedule 80 PVC drop pipe, and I use 2' pipe wrap tape (available a commercial plumbing supply houses, and also real handy for all kinds of other things) and tape the e line every 10', and also use only soft start pumps.
Best “how to” video I ever watched! I was a city dweller for most of my life and met a woman who owns a ranch in the beautiful part of California between LA and San Diego. I have learned to be a maintenance guy over the last seven or eight years and being a well tech is one of many skills I have learned right here on “Poor Man’s College” and if it weren’t for the heart of America type of people such as you guys in this video I would have had to watch the videos I had to watch when serving in military. Thank you gentlemen and God Bless America!😊
Well, thank you so much for the kind words Dwight. I greatly appreciate it and I absolutely love having folks like you here on my channel. Welcome.
Brilliant, every time I pulled our pump I would have to call my dad and brother now with the little Kubota front end loader similar to yours, I'll just do it myself! Thanks for the tip😊
Yeah, well the part that I wasn’t really super clear about was that we could’ve just used a cherry picker. That was kind of my intention, but my buddy was already here with his Kabota so obviously it was easier to do it that way.
Not gonna call this a mistake exactly but I know from experience getting just regular cable to ‘safety off’ the pump can be a fruitless effort. Ours was in only 15 short years before the cable rusted completely apart. When they recommend using stainless steel it’s for a very good reason. And before anyone asks what diameter cable we used, it was two sizes over recommended for the weight and distance…the composition was the problem..not stainless cable as “recommended“. Good video. 👍 Blessed is the man who can figure it out and do for himself or his neighbour. 😉
If I remember correctly, I did use stainless steel. I hope I didn’t make that mistake that that would’ve been dumb. If I did then I was being really dumb. I don’t know why, but I’m pretty sure I used stainless steel.
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A nylon ski rope will last about 100 years
The problem i see, is the introduction of electrolysis into your well, not gonna last too long
Thanks!
I've been pulling pumps out of necessity for 40 years. Have made my own pitless adapter "handle" at the ready. NEVER get a submersible pump with a plastic fitting at the top, they can fracture where you connect the pipe. Another hint: Use liquid electrical "tape" on the connections before you heat shrink, it's as near perfect seal as you can get.
Thanks Clay. This is one of the best videos on this topic that I have found. Water Well Guys are virtually criminals with what they charge - they know tbat they have you over a barrel. Keep up the great tutorials
Thanks!
Thanks! I tried replacing the corroded looking capacitor first when our pump died, and it was the problem! Saved me pulling the pump up, never would have opened that up without you mentioning it!
Now that is truly awesome… thank you very much
You know, after reading the comments I just believe that haters are going to hate. I enjoyed the video. Gave me some ideas on my well. There were a couple of things I might try a little different but I am sure if I made a video showing changes someone else will maybe change some of my ideas. That is what sharing knowledge is all about. I am sure there are many out there that can certainly do the job better than I can but there are things I bet I can do better than them. Anyways, pay the haters no attention, I gained some knowledge from your video.
Last time I replaced mine 250' & locked tight. I used 2 pipe wrenches with 2 car jacks, plus made a makeshift halo with a 2x4 & bent copper pipe to help not to break the pvc pipe. It was tough but got it done.
Stay well, Joe Z
That’s pretty awesome Joe you stay well too, brother
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A couple observations. If you replaced your stick PVC with black roll poly pipe you would find it a lot easier to get out next time. You not likely to get 20 years out of that pump. Move that check valve to right before the pump. I do not think what you call a torque arrester is any more than a spacer. If you do a better job of taping the wire to the pump you probably do not need it. candy cane the electrical tape from the pump to a foot above the wire splice and then tape every 4' with out having any slack in the wire. The whole idea of torque arresters and spacers is to keep the wire from rubbing on the casing and wearing through the insulation. Your well cap looks to be broken on the bottom. Spiders and other critters will get in and flavor you water.
Yeah, the chain dragged on her cap and broke it a little bit. We just took Pirma Tex, and filled it in.
Other stuff valid thoughts this video was more about getting the pipe out than anything else. That was the really hard part if you ask me.
Great how to video, my well is one of those things that I know I will have to deal with someday. You answered alot of my questions. Thank You!
Thanks, Mark I appreciate the kind words. I don’t think I covered everything, but I tried to cover more than other videos that I tried to watch.
That is a weird pitless adapter. Good idea to tape your wires and safety cable to the pipe every 10 ft or more. That pump could be on 200 psi poly, less hassle. When in doubt tape the crap out of every thing you could scuff up. I finally got a pipe dog, look that one up, lol. Using the hoist was cool. I have set up scaffolding to do those 20 ft sections. Good job, ignore the haters.
Oh, I love the haters when you have haters you know you mader’s.. appreciate the kind words thanks
Great job showing and explaining the process with a lot of good advice! Thanks for sharing your experience! 🙏 I changed my well pump about 8 years ago for the first time with the help of a friend. Neither one of us knew how to pull out the pump, but used a strong metal hook and kept tapping hard upward by a big hammer till we pull up the horse shoe connection (at the end of vertical pipe. It was hard for us to pull out the pump about 100 ft deep in well (since the pipe was full of water), but putting it back in the well was easy (since we drained the water out of the pipe). I bought the pump from Home Depot and saved over $1000 for the work.
How much did you pay for the pump?
Never had to go through this much trouble to replace a well pump. Used a 5-foot long 1 inch pipe with a through-bar welded on the end. Once the extension pipe is screwed onto the top of the slip-tap, the tee bar will be extend about 3 inches above the well casing. from there it's just a matter of crow-baring the slip-tap loose from its mating piece. My 1/2 hp pump is down 80 feet. I hand pull it up and out. My wife walks the free end across the yard until the pump is out. My 34 year old house is on it's 4th pump now. The newer ones don't last nearly as long as the original USA made motor. They all come from China now.
Yeah, they make everything like crap nowadays it’s really really sad. Most people have absolutely no pride in anything. It’s up to people like us to continue the tradition of pride without it we are truly lost
i seen this and thought why not next time if there is one in 2000 we paid 3K for new pump new water tank water lines we had just bought are 1st home and i new little about being home owner this video was extremely helpful helpful and educational your awesome thank you i will be prepared if our ever goes out and our was like this had the large rubber boot all under ground below frost line thank you
totally convinced me to hire some one to do this on a jet pump well i've done them on shallow well before . i kinda see this beyond our skill set enjoyed the video totally showed me all the things that can go horribly wrong i'll pay $1600 for the guys to do it
Nothing wrong with that as far as I’m concerned, I got very lucky that mine was fairly shallow.. however, I thought the way that I pulled the pipe was rather inGenius personally at least you’ll know what you’re paying for
@@sharpcarco i loved the video my new well is 110 feet deep old well was 38 feet i not have friends with all the tools u had that is game changer push come to shub i would tried it learned a lot from your video that is gold in my book
Jet pumps are totally different from submersible pumps. Foot valve is the only thing that goes wrong inside of the well. All other problems are at the pump.
Thanks for demonstrating every mistake an amateur can make. I’ll just hire “the guy” and let the pro do it.
Well, I don’t know if this is an insult or not which is fine either way it’s all good for the algorithm, but if it is an insult blowing out, my candle is not gonna make yours any brighter…. And the reason this amateur did it himself was because I was not gonna pay somebody three grand to do it for me… not because I don’t have the money to pay it, but because I have three grand to pay it, but not to give to other people to make them rich… Your way is just fine when you got money to be stupid with and or are lazy
😂The title of this video should be “what NOT to do when fixing your own submersible pump”. I do everything myself but things come naturally to me most times but I do research sometimes before attempting the unknown. The main problem with this install was not assembling and tightening everything on the ground BEFORE shoving it down the casing. You don’t “I’ll tighten it after it is inside the casing”! You don’t need a bore scope to clock the outlet! If you assemble everything before, it has an arrow on the top to make it idiot proof. Or so they thought. Try to make something idiot proof and the world will make a better idiot I guess.
@@samueltaylor4989 the one thing I’ve never understood about UA-cam videos after all my years of doing them is why experts come and watch them since they’re already experts
Regardless blowing out my candles, not going to make yours any brighter
@@sharpcarco I'm about to do this myself on a 35 year old 210 foot deep well. Have pump, pipe, fittings, wiring, new pitless and all the rest of the hardware necessary to change out the pump. Just waiting for the motivation... Why not pay a local guy? Where I'm at in Tennessee there is ONE "guy." They've run the other outfits out over the decades to the point I can't find ANYone from another county who will come in and do the job and "the guys" came out, talked, gave me some estimates, left, and that was three years ago. Despite calling several times, they NEVER called back. My neighbor used them. Got an estimate, heard nothing, SIX months later "the guys" showed up with a drilling truck and said "we're here to drill a well." Yeah, that's how it's done.
@@sharpcarco UA-cam is full of people making videos about things which they know nothing about. the fact that he didn't know about unscrewing it before pulling up proves my point.
Thank you for this informative video. Pulling out the pipe is the most challenging part.
Hey Clay 🎉🥳🍾🎈 I wish I lived near you man cause I’d give you a party for the “B.T.D.I.” for the first time video which shows me a guy with a lot of confidence and self worth ! I thought your video was really informing and you are a man of my own Heart ! Thanks for educating me on what a well is and how simple they actually are because I’ve never actually seen one ! Oh yeah 😂🤪😆 By the way in case you didn’t get it….. B.T.D.I. Stands for “Balls To Do It” And it took some Big One’s for you to tackle that shit with you and the guys 👍🏻
We've got a 225 foot deep well pump and the foot valve just above the pump started losing it's seal which made the system lose pressure. Rather than pull all the pipe and pump out, I elected to install a one-way backflow valve between the wellhead and the pressure tank using unions before and after the backflow valve. I installed a ball-valve between the check valve and the pressure tank in case I needed to replace the check valve and still have the system pressurized. I bought a spare check valve and installed the two halves of the same unions to make replacement a breeze. I keep it in a bag tied to the wellhead just in case.
I did this about ten years ago and never had a problem since.
Well, mine was a check valve like that and most of them nowadays are a check valve. I had to replace my check valve. On my pipe but glad to hear it. Hope the video was helpful.
Wish I had seen this video back in December when I paid $3000 to get my pump replaced.... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The torque arrestor does not hold water pressure making the pump hard to lift. It's the check valve in the top of the pump holding the column of water in the pipe that makes it heavy.
Well, that’s what I was talking about
1 minute and 42 seconds in, I'm like, I like this guy...Subscribe....check. Ok, now back to the vid!
Thanks Steve happy to have here as well !
Thanks for this! My well has suddenly dropped pressure and only has pressure when the pump is running. Pretty sure either the fitting to the pump is broke/cracked or there is a crack somewhere in the well pipe. Gotta pull it up and take a look and this made me feel more comfortable doing so
I don’t know much about doing these things. I just made this video because I seen that there wasn’t step-by-step videos out there.
I would assume that your check valve is bad . But I’m no professional.
Although I’ve had quite a few professionals, tell me how I was not a professional yet none of them seem to make a video about doing this …..
And since I’m at it …. I should say to tell them……. oh never mind I’ll let them figure it out…..
By the way, I’ve had about 300 people asked me to come over to their house and do this for them ….
They make what may be called a pipe dog. it slides down the pipe when up pressure is released but when there is up pressure from a rope or chain, it locks on to the pipe. This is a great way of pulling pipe up without unhooking anything. I have pulled my pump by myself at least twice in 50 years. I did have a loader back then to hook the chain to.
Cool video & neat trick with the chains. My air tank burst a hole at the top and heaps of water sprayed out- I’ve patched the tank and it’s holding air pressure. With the bladder would that be split if water sprayed out? What side has air inside the air tank - the tank or bladder?
Well, I would assume the air sits on the outside of the bladder and I would assume the air sits on the inside of the bladder and the outside is where the water is at.
With that said, I would probably consider replacing that bladder because if it was rusted that bad to split, it’s definitely time my friend
And if it didn’t split because of the rust it split because of the pressure which is supposed to only be about 32 pounds if I remember correct
@ legend, thank you sir, much appreciated.
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Man if I was you I'd sue you're Eye Dr for making you're glasses out of Submarine windows!
That was fun! And informative. Thanks for the positivity too!
You’re welcome. I appreciate you taking the time to write that Doug happy to have you on the channel.
You're funny. That comment you made about the chimpanzee & the bronco was a classic.
i wanna meet this guy at a bar. thanks man
*drinks on me my brotha* lol
I don’t have a well but this was an awesome video 👍😁
Thanks Dave that is going to save thousands if not tens of thousands of people thousands of dollars… I had all sorts of visions of grandeur, making some kind of mechanical apparatus that would pull that pipe out of there, but then it just came down to some simple chain vice grips… and a little psychological fabrication
I don't know much about it because I only did it once and that was some years ago, but as I remember it I just screwed the tee handle in and gave it a sharp yank up to disconnect the pitless adapter.
Yeah, some of them do work like that, but not mine
Good advice. Great skill in the many material mediums. Always handy for DIY.
Thanks brother I’m assuming since you call yourself a geezer it’s very appreciated coming from somebody with more than likely more experience with things than myself so it truly means a lot. Welcome to the channel. Happy to have you.
very cool video for people that have the screw fittings and 500 to 750 ft deep well saw a guy pulling out black flex pipe from one have not seen that stuff since the 80s this is a cool trick i have 30 25ft pipes in the ground maybe more. its a $3000 repair with insurance lol
Love this mans knowledge and skill set😅
Keep water running in your house by running a garden Hose from a neighbor's house as long as they are willing, to your hose spicket to your house. It really works.
🤔 what do you mean how would this help? I’m curious but I’m sure others would be curious too. I can pin your comment.
He's saying that during the work, run a garden hose from a willing neighbor's house to an outside spigot on your house in order to "back feed" your house's system to provide you water for faucets, toilets, etc. during the work. This won't work for any hot water though of course, but will allow you have a water source to flush toilets, etc. during the pump work.
@@Arcnsparks oh that makes sense I did mine in one day so wasn’t necessary but I see what you’re saying now.
I need a mile of hose😢
@@sharpcarco running a garden hose from house to house will work if neither of the spigots are anti drain back. the new ones prevent backflow
Thanks, I have the same setup. Now I know how to loosen up that pivot arm, I just ordered the pump and (2) 24” socket extensions. My well is not deep the water level is at 20’ from the top of well head. Do happen to remember what your water level was at?
Mine was at 80 feet
However, they can be at all sorts of different depths. You wanna call your township.
@@sharpcarcoThanks again, got it installed myself.My well was only 40’ long from top of casing to bottom of pump. My pit-less adapter the same as yours was the only thing I was worried about lining up, but got it sealed up on my first try. Your Video is the only one showing this particular Pit-less adapter and could not have done it without your help. To bad you can’t help me with my Baby Momma Drama 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for the information on the pitiless adapter. I have the same one and lost the screw. Lol 5:40
Our well is only down 570 ft, so pulling it by hand should be pretty easy. LOL
back 50 years ago we pulled a pump... or tried to, which was about 200 feet, and it slipped and dropped to the bottom. Not to worry, the well had been drilled to 2000 ft by a California state crew to monitor the effects on wells of a nearby tunnel bored under the San Bernardino Mountains. An earthquake had dropped our level and our pump had burned up. A longer pipe and new pump and we were back in water. 20 years ago I pulled a black poly pipe up out of a 200 ft well by hand. Not to bad.
Wow, kudos to you I really thought using the chain locks and the cherry picker would save some people some if there’s was coming out really really really hard like mine lotta water on my torsion arrest but all in all I found success in it and I’m happy I made this video even though I have a lot of haters but you have haters you you know you mad’er
Some of the pitless adapters jam againt the well casing and have to be released by pulling on a steel cable attached to the adapter. My well has such an adapter.
Ive pulled the pump three times in 28 years since the pump fed a ground water heat pump and that wears out oumps. Two of the times I pulled it by myself. Make sure you use a clamp to secure the down pipe between pulls. I used a pipe vice once for that purpose.
I used a 4 part rope hoist for the pulls. Excellent control.
My well and all other wells Ive seen use polyethylene braided rope for the safety line. I would never use a steel cable for a safety line.
You cut alot of corners & got your a$$ beat doing it but you got it done .kudos to you for getting it done ghetto style .. ghetto fabulous..thanks for the laughs. 😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the video. I learned something
Once I heard your voice, it reminded me of Jimmy Kimmel. Now I can't unhear it.
Great informational video. Thanks
Word of advice, you need to actually check the voltage to the legs at the in pump. Not with a sniffer.
You could get a power reading with a sniffer and still have a break in the line running to the house.
Nice video. My well is from the 1940s so its a bit different but this was helpful. I also love the 1967 plymouth gtx model in the background. I have the same model. I bought it because I have a real 67 belvedere II it's not the gtx but still a great car
Great job !
Helpful video, thank you!!!
The depth that the pump hangs in the well has little relationship to the depth of the well. A well may need to be 200 ft. to reach a good water bearing formation yet the surface or static level of the water in the well can be much higher and that static level determines the depth that the pump hangs. In my case it is a 150 foot well with a staic level of 30 feet.
Thank you very much !
Is your galvanized pipe directly connected to copper without brass in between ? That could be causing your galvanized fittings in the house to rust from electrolysis.
I don’t know the answer to that but I’ll take a look thanks for the heads up I don’t have much galvanized pipe in my house I don’t think much at all almost all of its copper
Great how to and what to expect. One thing I wouldn't do is put the one-way valve where you did. This is because any compromise to the line from the pump will not show via prime loss if that compromise is BELOW the valve. If you don't trust the one-way on the pump then put one immediately after the pump and then a one-way at the pressure tank. insurance on keeping line primed will able to isolate in future, remove one-way at pressure tank, whether you have pressure issues related to motor or failed pipe/pitless adaptor.
I think that’s good advice. I was just trying to help folks out.
I appreciate comments like this. I hope people read them.
Cool thanks for sharing this
If you don't have a few young guys with good backs, or a tractor with a loader attachment, an UP-Z-Dazy well puller rental is only like $150/day. I did the well pump at my house by myself in one day. The pump was hung on 450ft of galvanized pipe and still had a functioning check valve. That's close to 1400lb of pump, pipe and water.
Yeah, I wasn’t gonna use that loader. That’s why the point was to use the channel Lock. Some people can’t afford $150 a day and definitely do not have access to a loader or tractor like my friend had.. that’s why the cherry picker was sitting there could’ve done at the exact same way with that
Looking good.
Got lucky with depth.
I sure did.
Our pump has a nylon safety cord with 3 or 4 knots then taped to the pipe...we use the long curved jaw vise grips, they hold the pipe by resting on both sides of the casing, less chance of dropping everything down the hole...a tripod with a cheap atv winch works great to pull the pump out without putting excess stress on the pipe...
My meyers well pump had a check ball but I installed an extra on the pipe. Goulds used to be a lifetime pump but no more.
Great video 📹 👍!
so first thing is turning that pump position locker to unlock with a long reach socket type adapter... after of course having another handle locked up top to not loose heavy 🪨 pump and pipe then just winch it up and out check and reinstall... some other video was trying to tell me i had to use an expensive bladder and pressure washer to pump water reverse into clogged aquifer pores but that definitely didn't seem the right answer as plenty of water under a lake
Hey Bud. Hope all is good. I have a question.
My Well Head pump cover is hissing air. Is there a seal that need to be replaced?
My Well Cover is about the same you have on this Video.
Lmk Thanks
My house was built in the late 1940’s and after checking every possible government agencies website, there are no records on my well have absolutely no idea how deep my well is. There are a couple that do have records within about 1/4 mile from me that say it’s about 50’. Well before me buying this place it was converted to city water and the well and all the associated equipment have been long since removed. My only need for this well is to avoid paying the crazy amount the water department charges to water my garden and lawn, plus, in the event of an emergency, my family will have access to water. I have considered putting in an old fashioned hand pump like my grandparents had many years ago or possibly going to a solar powered pump. In any case I do not intend on reusing any existing equipment and will use all brand new for the sake of longevity.
Thoughts?
😂 good job! Love your videos
Would PEX be usable in this application? It is 100% more flexible and won’t become brittle with age
Well my pipes were 30 years old
NO. Pex doesn't have the tensile strength to support the pump. Rigid PVC is to dependent on glue joints, so the best option is flexible black plastic pipe, no joints except at the pump and pitless adapter. Rigid steel pipe is an option, and necessary deeper than 250'.
@@MorganOtt-ne1qj so it sorta looks like you do this on a somewhat frequent basis... are Red Lion pumps good stuff? And is the black 200psi tubing a particular type or brand name?
I bought a used pump and motor. It's a deep well warerwell pump. Is there a way to test it before I install it. To make sure it's working properly?
Water and electricity... what could go wrong. 😸 i got a pair of pliers welded together always use the plastic handle ones.. also pullin black pipe and pvc out in winter time better to wait til summer so its not brittle and stuff. Cool vid tho need a pair of them cain clamps
I'm jacking my pump up because my trailer winch can't handle the weight. Jacking it up goes easy. I've only jacked it up 5 inches. After u get to a certain spot does the water fall out and it gets lighter?
Not really, the water is sitting on the twerk arrestor it will drain off as you pull it up, but it takes a bit
If you don’t know, how deep well is, you can go down to the city office with your address so they should be able to tell you
I don’t know if it’s a good idea or not because your water supply is down there but you could possibly well, never mind. I was gonna tell you to lube up the side wall, but I don’t know if that’s a good idea.
@@sharpcarco how far do you think I will have to pull it out before the water falls of the pump? Or how far would you say untill it got lighter?
@@sharpcarco you think it's the sidewall that's making it take so much pressure to move up or it's just heavy?
Well I decided I'm going to buy a kwiq clamp and a cherry picker, going to run me about 450 bucks still cheaper than having a guy come out fuck it lol
@@skytrondeepfreeze6689 you could probably rent rent one and cost you nothing or you could look on Facebook marketplace and find one real cheap. Sorry I didn’t see this message before.
Don’t use the beaper tester use a multimeter, a beaper will lie to you.
Sometimes a voltmeter lies too. Shows good voltage till a load is turned on. Then voltage drops big time. Corroded or burned spot in wire or connections can do this.
Well done!
Instead of a socket 4'by1/2"pipe smash one end just out of round this will loosen the pitiless adapter
When you run into something where you have to use a 7 ton bottle jack to lift it up, you might be doing something wrong. STOP! take a picture of it and go to the old time Mom and Pop's plumbing store. Talk to the older Gent at the counter and have him show you what to do and what tool you need.
great. thanks
I didn’t see how you connected the wires down at the pump to keep the connections dry. Please explain.
Super seal tape I’m sure I explained
@@sharpcarco don’t be so sure . . . not even in the extra video you attached a link in upper right corner
I wonder if you could help me find answers to the following:
Thinking to lower the pressure tank and connect to the pump about 10' under the ground to eliminate the heating well house in the winter season. My pipe runs about 6' under the ground. 1) is it a good idea? 2) how to do it? 3) Should I install another pressure tank under the house in the crawl space? The well is about 30 yards away from the house.
Sorry, not an expert on these things. This was the first time I’ve ever done it. I’m just cheap. I didn’t wanna pay somebody else to do it for me.
@@sharpcarco I can't find info on my questions. If you find a website or channel where I can get answers, please let me know.
In Colorado, the "frost line" is 3' down.
... The ground could freeze up to 3' deep.
So, code is to do your footings and such 3' deep so they stay.
In other words, where do you live that your frost line is so deep you need to worry,
Maybe Alaska?
Might start your search towards frost line.
Also, if you can put a thermostat in line for your water line, verify it never gets down to 32°F/ 0°C.
Even then, if water is in motion (turn a faucet on to drip), it can't freeze.
Just some ideas😊
@@thehomewizard1 1) U r correct, we r in CO. How do you know?
Our lines buried 6' in the ground. Our Well House sits on a concrete slab. I don't know how dip is the foundation of the Well house. I was thinking of excavating 9', making the foundation and concrete walls and connecting everything down, so I'll not have to heat the Well house in the winter.
My setup is what I think your talking about. My well pump is 80' deep, Pitless adapter is connected to water IN pipe that is below my frost line. That line runs to my Crawl Space where my Pressure switch and tank is located. My crawl space is only 24" so Im limited to a Pressure Tank that can be mounted Horizontal. I think it can't be larger than 20 gal. Water Worker and Well x trol makes them for sure.
Deep well pumps always intrigued me. They don't first appear like a pump, they resemble a stainless steel Showgun antenna on a long length of pipe. I mean, especially compared to a shallow well or jet pump or a pool pump. Then you bust them open and find six stages of impeller assemblies (six rotating and six stationary impellers) and that's what really makes them tick. They are also, most of the time, not worth rebuilding. You can at least rebuild jet pumps.
That tank tee set up is in desperate need of replacement. Also, replace that water worker with a wel-x-trol. Best tanks in my professional opinion.
Well, it sounds like you might do the stuff for a living. I’m just an at-home guy.. but if you wanna send me a link to them pumps, I’ll say a professional actually recommends them
What do you think of the little silly tricks that I came up with? Obviously, you folks have tools that I don’t have because I don’t use them all the time, but I would, if I did.
A lot of the tanks are made by the same company just a different label put on it depending on what store or contractor buys from the manufacturer
Ty bro
baby momma drama.. i knew i liked you
Cost me 2 grand . If you live where fireants also live they love getting in the pressure switch if there is a way and can prevent contact.
After finishing the video Ive decided it was two grand well spent.
It probably was. But I made I make videos for people that don’t have that kind of money.
So good for you
Yeah!!! 1st get rid of fireants. Then get new pressure switch (30-50). Then replaced rusted shut nipple that prevented new pressure switch from working. All good! Great video. At 82, I'm simply not strong enough to pull one of those things up.
@@sharpcarcoI totally understand. I didn't have it either. Took a loss to get the cash after 2 months without water. It's not a job a single 65 year old worn out sawmill man should tackle.
@@miketuchThe fire ants and pump replacement were two separate incidents. I put that in and should have been more explicit. My bad.😮
You the man..
Dont pour into the toilet tank. Pour one to 2 gallons into a bucket and to flush just pour into the bowl quick as possible without overflowing and it will flush. Pouring in the tank you have to use a lot more water
Always ck the wire going to the pump I found that the hard way after replacing the pump and it still would not work, had a broken wire so we had to do it again,
my son-in-law and Ichanged his,His pump was only 40 ft and it was pretty bad easy for two of us to do !
I remember when I lived on a farm the pressure switch was always getting shorted by fat juicy spiders that would sit on the points and then die when the points came together I don't know how many spiders died taking out my pressure switch.
2 guys X 2 4’ pipe wrenches on the pipe going into the pitless valve and one pulls up the the other guy put his pipe wrench and u walk it up . My pump is 430’ down, I’m on top a big hill took me 1hr and 1/2 to do . All new wire and torque arresters …. Made my own roller system from a old Walker ratchet tied to well case with a old wire spool and pipe through Walker and rolled the well pipe all the way down my lane with my 4 wheeler And both us on phone to communicate with one another !.
The torque arrestor should be within the first 20 to 25 ft that is where your wires will be in the most danger 👌 you're welcome
Gosh. I wished I had a well.
Always drill you a small hole right after the pump check valve just will allow you to pull the pump out of the well, even with a torque arrestor installed and still give you plenty of pressure
How’s it going Loafin ! I don’t know much about wells but the house I bought 2 years ago go has a well and it’s my first 🤦♂️ I think I understand your idea and maybe you can let me know if I’m right but the small hole would allow the water to drain out of the pipe above the pump so as to make it a lot easier to pull the pump up without the water weight dragging you down ! Does that make sense ? Also what size hole you talking about like 1/8th of an inch, 3/16ths or 1/4 inch ? Thanks Man 👍🏻
a small hole would need to be below water level otherwise you'll get air in the lines, and water level can vary at times
At least he was honest about the tools he uses . ( HARBOR FREIGHT ) 😂 pump seal for o rings guy Magic Lube . Any big box store , any pool place ! Or like me plumbers supply house .
Hey brother, great video! BTW, which way do you rotate the shoe thread to release the foot that seals the pit less arm? I assume counter clockwise?
Counterclockwise
For $150.00 dollars you could have rented a pump puller. All electric and pulls it for you.
Rent one where? I've never seen one for rent.
I did call around I could not find one, but it didn’t matter ultimately, I know I could’ve used my cherry picker and my chain vice grip method, and I would’ve had no problem.
Where I can buy one ?? Website please
You make them that’s why I tell you sizes I use
My well Tank is out side under ground and was Put in in 1957 and quit working in 1992. the city demanded it be Abandoned, Contracted a well digger. I watched him try to pull the well pump.62'. When his crane was reaved 2 to 1 it just lifted the front wheels off the ground. He just left and I've never heard any thing scense but I did have to hook to city sewer & water before that. Why couldn't he pull the pump.
My original well from the 40's had the same problem but they did get the pump out and it wasn't pretty. Apparently the well casing had rusted through and the pump was encased in several feet of water sand.
How much is pump?
I think it was less than $200
There’s always water on top of the torque arrester!!!
Thanks Bubbles.