Shurflo Water Pump not working??

Dunaruna , I really know nothing about these pumps. Could you explain how you do that. thanks JD

What he means is that if you look at the wiring on the pump, you'll see that the red and black wires to the motor go in at the end away from the pump head. Of course the black wire is the earth.

The red wire goes from the motor to the pump head and then from the pump head there is another red wire that leads to the power source.

When you say you've checked there is power at the pump, did you mean before or after the pump pressure cut-off switch?

To check the MOTOR is getting power, you need to use the pointy bit of your multi-meter prongs and pierce the red and the black wires close to where they enter the motor body. If there is power showing there, then the motor could be stuffed. I had to replace a Shurflo shower pump on my Patrol a year or so ago, because water had found it's way into the motor housing and siezed-up the bearing and generally killed it.

However, if there is no power registering on the multimeter, then there could be an earthing issue or a power supply issue. Check by earthing the black probe to a known-to-good earthing point and see if the meter registers. If so, then the earth wire is suspect.

Hope this helps.

Roachie

Thanks for setting it out for me Roachie. Good news (I think). There was no power to the motor. So I pulled off switch section again, and managed to separate it in 2 this time - exposed switch. I activated it by hand and gave it some power and the pump turned over!! Can only think switch was jammed up. So might persevere with it and see how we go.

Have heaps of experience with these units JD, has it got a pressure shutoff on the end, 2 red wires going into a square box on the end?
If it has these can cause problems, and even the spade terminals not being tight enough.
Sounds like you maybe on the right track with the buggered switch.

Cheers Pesty

Pesty, it has pressure shutoff. Will look at spade connection - not checked yet and I still have the feeling I havn't really fixed it. Will probably end up renewing switch section though. Cheers JD

thanks Dunaruna. I reckon I should be looking to renew the pump. Will try to source a repair kit this week. Cheers JD

Von Helga, sounds like good advice to me. Cant understand it not beng there. Cheers JD