Recent content by tkdb1089

Well thanks to good advice, patience, and the largest channel locks I've ever seen I got the lid off today! Managed not to break anything in the process. Thank you all!

No dice. I still haven't gotten it off. At this point, I'm watching how much is in the basket, just a small number of leaves so far. It's fairly well protected by the rest of the equipment on the suction side. There's a basket on the suction vac line too. I'm trying to give the lid a few taps...

I'll give that a go, I'll have to go get a large enough diameter pipe

Man, I cannot budge this thing, even with a monkey wrench. I don't know if I should just wait for it to cool off outside (in Phoenix that means October maybe) or what. The only thing I can think of at this point short of cutting the Dang thing is to bolt some metal eyes to each end of the handle...

Sounds good, thanks! Here is the pain in the butt in question.

Recently replaced my very old super 2 lid with a shiny new one. Fresh o rings and lube, of course. Now I can't get the darn thing off! And it's monsoon season in AZ... I've got both types of lid wrench, I've tried a rubber mallet, I've tried the WD-40 trick. Can't quite figure out how to...

First off, thank you all. I've recently taken charge of my pool from my old pool service using everything I have learned here. The water has never been better. I am on to the equipment now and absolutely losing my mind trying to find a small suction side leak. I definitely started with a...