Water Pump Repair

TQs domestic water pump has an internal leak and is back-flowing through its one way system triggering the micro switch every so often. We have two of these pumps, one is a spare and I've just purchased two replacement service kits as stock. This pump, the UV0814 is now obsolete and there is a replacement available, but at a premium.

Pump ready to be dismantled.

Turn upside down...

...remove rubber feet...

...unscrew four retaining screws and remove base...

...pull off pump head...

...fit new pump head...

...fit frame and screw together tightly...

...push in rubber feet...

...fit filter and turn upright.

Put it away in readiness for September - job done!

On the way to work...

...I took these photos:-

Bathpool moorings

From the tow path side

The canal is very shallow and weedy as it doesn't get the traffic of the Shropshire Union or Oxford Canal, but it's a very pleasant waterway, about eleven miles and seven locks including the permanently closed lock onto the River Parrett.