bobbytuck
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First brew of the season after the (supremely weird and cold) Chicago winter. Here's what not to do (but of course, I did): tighten ball valves on a march pump without first *removing* the head from the pump. I was checking for leaks as my HLT was heating, saw a leak on a ball valve/hex nipple on the out side of my March pump. Went to tighten it. The pump head cracked in two.
Argh!
Fortunately, I had a Chugger (spare -- not used -- bought last winter) -- and I swapped out the SS chugger head to the March pump. Will swap out pumps later, but the March is bolted to my top tier. The March is now back up and running with only a little rattle from (I assume) the impeller from the Chugger head assembly. Wasn't sure if the two are completely interchangeable but they seem to be.
Still leaking (despite lots of teflon tape around the joiners and ball valves) but it'll do for now.
Yikes. Lesson learned. Now I gotta order another head for my March ...
Argh!
Fortunately, I had a Chugger (spare -- not used -- bought last winter) -- and I swapped out the SS chugger head to the March pump. Will swap out pumps later, but the March is bolted to my top tier. The March is now back up and running with only a little rattle from (I assume) the impeller from the Chugger head assembly. Wasn't sure if the two are completely interchangeable but they seem to be.
Still leaking (despite lots of teflon tape around the joiners and ball valves) but it'll do for now.
Yikes. Lesson learned. Now I gotta order another head for my March ...