wow,... so the dealer has the power to edit my posts. thats rich. if i had that power i would have probably edited my post too when i proved that he had little to no experience doing well work. should stick to putting salt in a softener. i'll be installing/servicing water wells.
again.. good sta-rite jet pump advice gets deleted. it wasnt a personal attatck to the dealer and sorry if he thought so, i do business with dealers all the time... but my guys dont claim to know much about working on wells.. they are just that.. dealers. dont even know why i'm posting, it will be deleted anyway.
You proved I have little experience... not in my opinion.
I don't see much difference between what I suggested and what Texas Wellman suggested and you have not said a word about his suggestion. Doing either requires plumbing to remove the pump or to install the same stop valve I suggested. We think his points are dry or blocked, so without the bucket where does he get water to test the pump?
You expect the OP to check the "nozzle" but gave no instructions of how or how he should determine if his is good or bad.
I said the pump is probably bad, Tx wellman said it probably would be good and you want the OP to check to see if it is good or bad with no instructions as to how he does that. And you're some great well/pump guy? Go back to speed pump's forum and gossip, you're great at that but helping DIYers to do it themselves, you are not good and IMO you don't want them to do it themselves and that's why you suggested the OP call a local pump "dealer". Compare the two replies below and tell me the difference between them.
In post #3 I said; (recall the well points may be dry or blocked)
Remove the pump, hook it up to a water source like a 5 gal bucket and see if it will pump water. That would be without the water being under pressure; such as a bucket filled with a garden hose as the pump takes water from the bucket. Then put a stop valve on the pump's outlet and see if it will produce like 50-75 psi of water pressure. If so the pump should be ok but I don't think it will be due to being over heated yesterday. (recall it takes 5 hrs to do the 6 zones)
Then replace the bad pipe and see if you have any water in the points and figure out why they went dry.
Then after jumping on me in reply #4 about me giving well/pump advice with "Gary I see you're still trying to give pump advice. Shouldn't you stay out of the well/pump section and concentrate on something you might know about?, Texas Wellman said in reply #5. Recall to replace the collapsed pipe he has to disconnect it but... if he doesn't have water he can get from the well points he can't test the pump.
Reply # 5 by Texas Wellman. Replace the bad inlet pipe, install a discharge valve on the pump with a gauge. Prime and dead-head the pump. If it produces pressure, at least 30-40 psi, the pump is probably good. If it will not produce any pressure, and presuming you do not have any airleaks etc, then your pump impeller or diffuser is probably melted. Might just be better off to get a new pump depending upon age. Stay away from Flo-Tec or any Home Depot or Lowe's Special, get a Goulds or other similar quality.