Recent content by andysousa

My original post has it (it’s upside down tho)

Thanks for the reply. I actually took it apart to see what was going on and I found the issue. The spring seal plastic piece was cracked. Either I did that or it came that way. I had the old one and put that on. I also cleaned the ceramic with a rag and so far so good. No water Now any idea...

I have a sta-rite dyna-glas. I ordered the go-kit47. I most definitely didn’t use a rag and used my fingers to push that seal in ?. Did I ruin it or is there a way for me to recover from it? I also put magic lube on the rubber part of the seals.

I got ambitious and replaced my seals because I was seeing a slow leak, well now the leak is much quicker!! Did I just do it wrong or is there something fundamentally wrong with the pump? It’s a sta-rite dynaglas i am also frustrated because my filter casing has a drip leak and I replaced...

For whats it worth... i am having a similar problem and it seems to be the seals in the motor pulling in some air. I can see the air in the pump basket. My pump was seized when i opened and I took it apart to free it up and when I put it back together this is happening. I am guessing one of...

sorry to bring up an old question, but i never actually got back to this... i am still struggling to figure out what these unions are? These go into my pool heater and I really want to replace the cracked one. I ordered some haywards but they weren't the same. I am trying to find the exact...

I lucked out. Ended up buying a 3/4 drill bit and started going at it and it just spun up. New one in with epoxy. Thanks for the tips

Ah, thank you all. Should have known it wasn’t standard plumbing stock. Good to know moving forward as one of the unions is cracked and I want to replace it in the spring. Thanks

I was closing the pool today and decided to make nice fittings for my cyclone. On the returns I was simply going to take the coupling off and attach my cyclone. Got myself all the adapters and union from Home Depot (2” pvc) but low and behold that union from Home Depot just didn’t work. 1 1/2 is...