thanks pooldoc ill send some pics, i did a little bit more research and i found my pump is a 1.5hp, but i was looking at the TOTAL hp. but i did talk to a friend that had the same problem with his shasta pool, " they are both 20 year old" the pop up assembally is not a care taker but a shasta pop up cleaning system. he said he removed the internals of the cleaning system gears and all, and reattached the dome with noting inside and his pressure went from 30psi to 12psi and he uses a vaccum plugged into skimmer to clean the pool, my only question is since the water returns to the pool threw the popups, will it still be able to do so or will i have to take out the popups and install screens? thanks for any input at all!!