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Old 04-16-2015, 07:54 PM   #1
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Why doesn't my water pump work anymore?

It is the correct color.

Let the analysis begin.........
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Old 04-16-2015, 07:56 PM   #2
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I think that it is broken.
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Old 04-16-2015, 07:56 PM   #3
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A little JB Weld and that will buff right out... ... ...
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Old 04-16-2015, 07:57 PM   #4
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Why doesn't my water pump work anymore?

It is the correct color.

Let the analysis begin.........
Plain to see, as someone shot it dead with .45 cal hootycryser ! Probably mistaked it for dinner/squirrel Heck looks like a green spurrile to me !
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Old 04-16-2015, 07:57 PM   #5
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How in the world did you do that???
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Old 04-16-2015, 08:10 PM   #6
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How in the world did you do that???
I'll let you know later tonight. . . For now... letting the game continue for a while.
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Old 04-16-2015, 08:18 PM   #7
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I'd say you used it as a lifting point for the motor...?
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Old 04-16-2015, 08:23 PM   #8
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you cut it in half to remove the pump and fan easier
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Old 04-16-2015, 08:37 PM   #9
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In the oven baking and someone walk across the floor to hard :-)
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Old 04-16-2015, 08:44 PM   #10
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It must have been talkin' to your Dissie.. It too has a split shaft..

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Old 04-16-2015, 08:53 PM   #11
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I am with Mitch you must have had a 4 blade fan and it was easier to get the pump out this way.
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Old 04-16-2015, 09:40 PM   #12
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Are those .45cal. longs in the back ground? Should have use a .22, to much power.
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Old 04-16-2015, 09:55 PM   #13
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Looks like you didn't allow the paint to fully cure
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Old 04-16-2015, 09:56 PM   #14
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I suspect the wife came home and found it baking in he kitchen oven. After she used up the 5 bullets (she's a poor shot) You are still alive. She got so cranky she hit you over the head with it.
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Old 04-16-2015, 10:16 PM   #15
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I didn't know they came as an assembly kit, you got the directions?
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Old 04-16-2015, 10:20 PM   #16
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Did you have a jack under it to loosen the head?
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Old 04-16-2015, 10:31 PM   #17
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Bill, I think he used a left hand hammer on a right hand pump
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Old 04-16-2015, 10:37 PM   #18
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Loosing a blade will do that.
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Old 04-16-2015, 10:40 PM   #19
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Looks like fresh paint. Did you drop it?
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Old 04-16-2015, 10:46 PM   #20
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Another coat of paint would have held it together. Next time don't be so cheap!
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