Recent content by howdy1901

cleaned the gas line to the pilot and am now getting gas to the pilot, thanks for the advise on that. The pilot lit momentarily, went out and doesn't want to go back on. the ignitor sparks and the gas is flowing. Any suggestions?

whats the best way to clean out the pilot and tubing? I disconnected the tube to the gas valve and am getting gas flow from the opening but nothing out of the pilot.

Thank you sir, I believe its a 3/4 inch plug. What does it do?

Here is a better picture. That red wire has nothing to do with it as it runs behind the heater. The water is coming out of the nut looking valve below the 1 more visable.

I didn't have the pump on so tonight i'll take another picture with the leak. This really isn't a leak but more of a steady pressureized flow.

see pics attached, and thanks

This happened to me last week. Take the back off and replace the capacitor. Its a $5 item and 5 minutes to replace.

i'll try and load a picture tonight.

looking at the parts diagram it could be the brass plug? are these known to come out?

I hope i can explain this. My heater is leaking so i took off the top and the heat shield. On the right side of the heat exchanger there are 2 openings one on top of the other. The top one has a wire probe exiting from it and the bottom one has nothing. The bottom one is where a steady stream of...

I have a hayward super pump with a AO Smith UST1102 1 hp motor. The motor hums and shuts down, after 8-10 cycles of this it will eventually kick in. Read that it might be the capacitor and at $5 thought it would be worth a shot. Have the new capacitor but did not mark the wires. I have 2 yellow...