Pumps Pipes and All That Kind of Stuff 2

To continue this story:

When we left Our Fuzz he was a bit frustrated with how this job was going.  It had been a long time in the works and was still not working out.

The problem didn't seem to be in the brand new pump.  But why wouldn't it prime and pump?

The problem had to be in the well.  Perhaps the foot valve was messed up somehow.

This would mean pulling the pipe out of the well.  And this was easier said than done.

Some years ago The Fuzz had ran a new pipe from the pump under the house to the well, and of course buried it.  It should not have to be completely dug up for this.  But it was glued together and out of reach in the well.

So The Fuzz dug beside the well and exposed the pipe.

Since it was all PCV pipe glued together he cut the pipe as close as he could to the well.

Then he used a rod with a hook bent on it to loop a rope around the pipe, and then hooked it with the rod.  Everything went okay until he tried to pull the now disconnected pipe up and out of the well.  The "L" shaped piece at the top was too long to fit up through the casing.

(The Fuzz had actually been hanging inside the well when he put it together originally- which he had no desire to repeat.)

But he persisted hoping that 1¼ inch pipe would bend just enough so he could pull it up.

Then it snapped off. 

Fortunately he was pulling on the side piece, and the rope was still tied to the long piece so he lost neither one.

At this point he and His Sweetie lowered a weight down there to check the depth and find out how long to cut the new pipe.  And it was found that there was quite a bit of silt/sediment in the bottom.  So much that the old foot valve had been covered with it.

So at least they had found that problem.

Since the new pipe would have to have a little shorter side piece (to fit through the casing) this metal pipe it passes through would have to be shortened- or replaced.

The Fuzz was able to find a shorter one in his scrap pile.

With His Sweetie's help they managed to lower the new pipe into the well and get it through the hole on the side.  It was connected, and now it was time to try the pump again.

And this time it worked...

Briefly!

Everything was going fine with pressure building up and all, but then suddenly all was lost.

On investigation, The Fuzz found that the fitting he had used to connect the 2 pieces of pipe in the hole had given way and the hole was full of water!

He had had some question about that thing but figured it was worth a try.  But apparently that was all it was worth.

So he bailed out the hole and went back to the Home Improvement Store (again) for some couplings to just glue it all together again.  Sometimes it's best to just keep things simple.

And so he had this.

 And this.

Another job well done.