Sta-Rite Duraglass pump lid stuck tight!

[maggie2712]

Thank you for the swift response.

I think I will have to make a phone call tomorrow and get someone to come and have a look for me. I moved into this house end of last year it had been empty for 3 years and the pool was a swamp. Had someone come out to check pool equipment before I turned equipment on and they said all seemed fine, everything seemed to be working. Had pool drained and acid washed as there was all sorts of dead critters and debris in the pool, it actually looked fantastic once it had been cleaned.

I do take care of the pool myself as I have learned so much from this forum. Unfortunately I won't be able to check the impeller so will have to call for help.

Thanks again for your help - very much appreciated :-)

[PoolDoc]

Unfortunately I won't be able to check the impeller so will have to call for help.

Yeah, that's pretty advanced DIY stuff. The O-ring on that dumb pump is one of the hardest to get back in place, of any pump O-rings I've ever dealt with! It would make a funny blackmail movie, if someone had secretly video-ed me, one afternoon spent down in a hole of a pump room at an aging Boys' Club pool, trying to put one of those blasted pumps back together!

I'm glad that video does not exist! I pretty much exhausted my repertoire of unprintable language that day!

[maggie2712]

that reply just made me laugh out loud.
I watched a you tube video of someone changing the impeller on the same type of pump and I was exhausted after I had watched it - I am ok with simple daily stuff but not very good at DIY. Especially when it involves electric stuff!

[maggie2712]

one impeller cleaned and pool running perfectly - best $40.00 spent! Thanks PoolDoc :-)

[PoolDoc]

Great! And obviously, you got someone more skilled at getting those things back together than I was, which is also great. (In my defense, I was practically having to stand on my head in that cramped Boys' Club pump room! )