So on a whim I went and got fresh rubber parts lube from leslies.... In case my tube from last season was broken down... yeah much different consistency...

One more time for giggles i gutted the pump. lubed up the ring between the power half and suction half.
lubed the pressure side union
lubed the suction side union
cleaned the lids groove with soap and water to get anything out of it.... lubed the lid ring again..
lubed the diffuser ring
reassembled...

Under no load meaning main and both skimmers wide open, has been purring for an hour now on high speed, I have yet to close skimmers to try and vaccumm this is the most I have gotten wide open in a month... water feature is flowing full bore... I may just bask in the glory of having high spped and stick to the idea of buying a robot to clean...


down to two culprits that lid is shot and thicker silicon bought me a little more sealing power, though the seal is new... or the union is not quite lining up... will check and retighten.....