Reply With QuoteI know of at least three different styles of pitless and only one pulls up without any special release mechanism. One style needs to be unscrewed and the other style has a crow's foot with release cable.
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Pulling a submersible - not sure if this is right
OK I'm a little green at this so please forgive any ignorance on my part. I've gone through all the checks for low pressure issues and now believe that I need to pull the submersible for some checks. I'm using a 1/2 ton electric hoist to pull up but it's not moving. How much lifting power is needed? am I doing something wrong? do all submersibles have the same pitless adapter which requires a straight pull up or is possible the pipe needs to be turned/unscrewed?
I know of at least three different styles of pitless and only one pulls up without any special release mechanism. One style needs to be unscrewed and the other style has a crow's foot with release cable.
Can you get a down-hole camera in there and get a pic? Any chance is looks like the following with part A at the top of the casing?
http://www.merrillmfg.com/product/02...-Kit/parts.htm
Yes looks just like part A - above. I'm still a little unsure how to release it.
You need a special tool that goes down through the support pipe and unscrews item F or M.
Did you follow the link I provided? You can find the instructions there and a picture of the end of the tool.
http://www.merrillmfg.com/product/02...stallation.htm
OK, I see now. Thanks. Now hopefully I didn't already damage it by lifting the whole assembly up about one inch.
Thanks for the help. local hardware or big box stores didn't have the tool and it didn't want to wait for one to be shipped so I ended up using a 1/2 inch pipe and notched out the center like above and worked fine. Thankfully I didn't do any damage all is working good now.
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