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I did try using the pump to dislodge the Crud, numerous times - no joy.... here's the postcript for anyone else going through this - it's the pool equivalent of sugar in a gas tank... If you have to get anything that looks like small white crystals about the size of large rock salt (like for...

It could have been 3 minutes after I broke it :) Thanks!

I grabbed a screwdriver and tried gently prying the top from the bottom. No luck. So I tried really hard (as in, this is gonna break, hard), and it popped with an almighty grinding sound and about 1/2 lb of that silica cat litter stuff (from the picture) came off the top. Cleaned it up...

I'm trying to take it apart - that's why the screws are missing. At this point I should be able to lift it out and I can't - it's completely stuck...

The only thing I can think of it maybe being able to get the handle off, then lifting the rest out, cleaning it up, and reassembling it. The instructions here look good. Except for the part where it's already out and on the floor :) http://www.inyopools.com/HowToPage/how_ ... pring.aspx

Here's some of what I got from the filter basket near the pump (don't know what the salt-like stuff with blue granules is - looks like that fancy kitty litter) Lesson: When the pool's that filthy - vacuum to waste, not through the filter. Ugh. And here's a picture of the setup... Thanks!

So, new house, pool is a disaster - the previous owners repainted and it appears a lot of Crud ended up at the bottom of the pool - old paint chips, etc. Got the big debris out, filter working well, water clear and chemistry OK. Time to vacuum! Except I'm missing the vacuum plate to attach to...

Postscript... no damage... got the top back on, tapping the band with a mallet, backwashed, refilled w/DE, and it's humming along. Cool. Thanks jblizzle

just took the top off.... nothing terrible happened... just wondering if I'll be able to put R2D2 back together again after that (or is it humpty dumpty).. And thanks for the tapping tips - that makes a lot of sense. :hammer:

It's not the filter pressure I'm worried about (it's 0), it's the pressure on the filter band ratcheted closed, and whether because the top a dislodged a bit could cause that band to whip back when it gets ratcheted open. It was miserable to put on - it was already incredibly tight... so now I...

Actually a little worried about taking that metal band off seeing as how the top has separated a bit already it's probably under some extraordinary pressure - any suggestions? Thanks!

New house, filthy pool, FNS36... Replaced the grids but because the pool was so dirty pressure went up to 30 almost immediately so I backwashed, and kept going. Overnight, pool level dropped, pressure on FNS36 dropped to 0. So I filled the pool back up and turned the filter back on. The...

Home Depot in Key West has 5.25% bleach for $7.93 for a box of 6 gallons = $1.32 / 128 oz / .0525 = $0.1967 per oz