Water Well Repair - Pulling a Deep Well Jet

Water Well Repair - Pulling a Deep Well Jet - Replacement

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@ronaldwilliams9600 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative. This is the only video I could find that showed the jet pump shallow well repair where the foot valve had to be replaced and the ejector cleaned and replaced. Thank you for posting it.

@ClearWaterPumpWell 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, if you attempt this type of repair you need to be very careful. If you break or lose the pipe in the well you can be in bigger trouble. Have help pulling the jet and also a vise clamp on pipe each time it's cut or you stop pulling.

@ronaldwilliams9600 2 жыл бұрын

@@ClearWaterPumpWell great advice from an obviously experienced professional.

@michaelbedell6523 2 жыл бұрын

Keep these videos coming! Loved the customers talking like you are family, y’all put them natural at ease. Great insight on something I’ve never dealt with, but maybe I can share some learned wisdom on my mission trips here in the south

@ClearWaterPumpWell 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for Watching! Take Care!

@daleharvey3142 2 жыл бұрын

You are amazing and your are not a cowboy like some other well fixers, thanks dale

@tinkercooper1332 Жыл бұрын

Wish you were here in Tennessee.. You can't find a well company out here, that returns your call when you finally do get one they send out a kid who doesn't know anymore then myself..

@ajscott1293 7 ай бұрын

Amazing video You are very polite to that lady I don't know how I would act if someone would kept talking while I'm trying to work but you did great job. I have a well just like this but it's outside away from the house. I noticed one day that my pump would run and then shut off and then run and then shut off and I realized that it was getting up to pressure than the water was running back down into the well. It has to be the foot valve so that's what I'm going to try to do exactly what you did I'll use my 12-ft ladder though to pull the pipe up and out. I'm sure it's got sand in it just like this great video.

@mythologicalmyth Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Mrs D is a hoot.

@bayouslots3143 11 ай бұрын

Casey, I spoke to you yesterday about a well in Abita Springs. Just found you channel on youtube, great content. I'm going to trouble shoot my MSE-6 pump again with your advice over the phone and maybe try another pressure switch. If all fails I will contact and schedule a service call.

@ClearWaterPumpWell 11 ай бұрын

Hahaha good deal, Yea just let me know if you need help or have any questions. I'm all about customer well education so you know how to fix small problems or prevent bigger problems. Thanks for the comment and watching, Casey

@TxGuitarPlayer 4 ай бұрын

Great video. I used to do some of that here in SE Texas. Good job man.

@emongskieventurestv695 Жыл бұрын

Nice one sir 👍 from the Philippines

@Mirek-q7r 4 сағат бұрын

If you have 2" well case pipe and the suction pipe is 1 1/4. Than the PVC pipe connectors are almost 2" outside diameter and if you put it back to the well, it will not be enough space for the water to go through. If you use 1" pipe than it may be ok, but it may downsize the water flow. What size of the suction PVC pipe do you use? I have tried to substitute old, rusty metal/galvanized 1 1/4 pipes in my well with PVC or Poly pipes, but I could not find any options/adapters or connectors small enough to do that. Maybe it is silly question, but do you or anyone have any suggestions? THX

@kerzyjunior8627 Жыл бұрын

Those pliers almost went spelunking! Nice catch

@chelynncrawford8777 Ай бұрын

Do one on reason a shaft seal would need to be replaced and how to replace them

@timbryant9869 Жыл бұрын

Interesting to see how this is done in a different market. I've been pulling foot valves in Nortwest Florida for about 30 years. We don't use leathers here, mostly because the majority of wells here are used for irrigation and do not utilize a pressure tank. I was kinda surprised that the jet was not replaced while you had it out, just based on the iron build-up on the pipe. I'm assuming this was a drinking water well, you don't pump it off after you pull the foot valve? In my experience the water is always really nasty from sliding the foot valve out and back in, disturbing the iron scale on the inside of the well casing. Not trying to talk down your methods, just an observation. Great content on a subject not many people are aware of.

@ClearWaterPumpWell Жыл бұрын

Hey if I could use a rubber seal packer rather than leather it would be better in some wells. Mostly we use leather because the wells have to be maintained and jet cleaned or they can get stuck in the well. So having a leather that will fail in 5 to 10 years forces maintenance so they don't end up having a locked jet and losing a well. Yes I always run the water afterwards to flush it out I just didn't put that in the video. There is a lot of iron in this water in our area and yes it does get stirred up when you pull the jet. Thanks for the comment and watching, Casey

@vptech2 Жыл бұрын

Where can a get a pair of vice grip pliers like you have for pulling the 1” suction line?

@ClearWaterPumpWell Жыл бұрын

They are vise grips with a 1-1/4" steel pipe coupler cut and welded in the jaws, Custom Made.

@peterbirk6896 11 ай бұрын

Terrific! Where can I get a crown adapter?

@ClearWaterPumpWell 11 ай бұрын

Heck not sure but probably at your local well supply.

@rachellopez3177 Жыл бұрын

What is that pvc pipe cutter with lock?

@bradthenailer Жыл бұрын

The 12" adapter you slipped on the end of the drop pipe for the ejector... you called that a "crown adapter"? I can't find anything on the net about a "crown adapter". Is there another name for it?

@ClearWaterPumpWell Жыл бұрын

PVC Deep Well Jet Adapter, it's usually a custom made and hard to find. A old guy used to make them on a lathe and called them Crown Adapters a branded name like.

@Joel3371506 2 ай бұрын

What is that fitting at the top of the drop pipe called that screws into the casing adapter?

@ClearWaterPumpWell 2 ай бұрын

That is what is called a male crown adapter, which is used instead of a regular male adapter. A typical male adapter is too weak and will break, something you don't want happening down hole. All joints should be Crown adapters connecting to the Jet and chasing adapter as well as only long Bell couplings on the drop pipe. Thanks for the comment and watching, Casey

@robertsanders2169 Жыл бұрын

What do you call the adapter the jet screws into? Please sir

@southernerfishing7770 8 ай бұрын

I would also like to know

@matthewhenry6797 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Iberia parish I don't know how deep my well is but yesterday I had about half the water volume as usual so I went check the well in the shed and the motor was running non stop so I checked for leaks on my house I couldn't find anything then it lost prime so I shut it off. When I tried to reprime it the same way you did I put over 25 gallons down the gauge hole and it never filled up do you have any idea of what could be happening. Also I did shut off the supply to the house when I tried to prime it. My well and pump is around 12 years old.

@ClearWaterPumpWell 2 жыл бұрын

If it's a deep well pump mounted on the well or a two pipe offset it's probably a bad jet or leathers. It's generally maintained every 5-10 years so if it's never been done then I would say it's time.

@matthewhenry6797 2 жыл бұрын

@@ClearWaterPumpWell It's a well exactly like in this video. How much does it usually cost to have this repair done.

@ClearWaterPumpWell 2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewhenry6797 Right now around 300-600$ depending on depth of drop pipe and parts required. But that's my prices.....

@k2000b Жыл бұрын

either the Lethers or another big culprit is the Foot-Valve Aka: Check-Valve has gone bad which if you've got Lether seals they get replaced along with the check valve which causes water backflow into well when they take a crap

@vinhson6777 Жыл бұрын

How many jet well??

@Boss-hg6ul Жыл бұрын

Where do you get the jet ejector from? Is the jet ejector and foot valve the same thing? I have the similar setup. Having a hard time finding what i need my pump keeps losing prime.

@ClearWaterPumpWell Жыл бұрын

More likely you just need a foot valve and leathers, the jet only needs to be replaced when it has a hole in it. Check a local hometown hardware like Ace they should have them there.

@Boss-hg6ul Жыл бұрын

@@ClearWaterPumpWell thank you, when we pulled it up, looked like the foot valve wasn’t on the end of the jet? But something in the jet was moving around ?

@ClearWaterPumpWell Жыл бұрын

@@Boss-hg6ul Yes the jet comes with a internal style falling check valve. I remove those as they tend to cause the jet to wear a hole in it. Easy way to prevent a failure and just add a nipple with a foot valve to the jet end.

@Boss-hg6ul Жыл бұрын

@@ClearWaterPumpWell ok thanks for the info. You saved me from a lot of headaches and money! Really appreciate you.

@Boss-hg6ul Жыл бұрын

@@ClearWaterPumpWell what size foot valve the one i got from hardware store is 1 1/4 and it wont fit the 2” well casing got the 1” foot valve the start with and it wont screw on the threads of the jets. Thanks

@christianfigueroa1517 2 ай бұрын

What kina avc is that

@willardburlingame8834 8 ай бұрын

Well great video for sure but my goodness it looks like i have a job to get done on a well that did not look very fun to me

@ClearWaterPumpWell 8 ай бұрын

Pulling deep well jets can be routine and easy or stuck and extremely difficult. Usually the worst factor is the installed location and setup that creates more difficulty.

@MitchMurphy748 2 жыл бұрын

Casey, That looks like a lot of fun!

@ClearWaterPumpWell 2 жыл бұрын

Yea I got lucky I had already worked on it a few years ago, long enough for me to forget. I'm pretty sure it was really bad then! Thanks for the comment and watching Mitch!

@JRPittman 2 жыл бұрын

It ain’t fun until it’s in a spot where you have to cut the pipe in 4’ sections to get it out and have to make sections with male and female adapters to put it back. On an 80’ drop pipe. Under a counter in the dining room or under a raised house. That’s when you tell the customer they need to start calling someone you don’t like. 😎

@ClearWaterPumpWell 2 жыл бұрын

@@JRPittman Hahaha, you Got that right! Dang Jamie I hope that's just a tall tail and not a real horror story!

@JRPittman 2 жыл бұрын

@@ClearWaterPumpWell ummmm, nope. There’s a sub under the floor of a bedroom on N Factory, another under a box in the middle of a kitchen farther up N Factory, and another in a closet in Merrywood that was once under custom cabinets that had to be demolished when the pump died. There are at least 5 wells under the parking lots of Popeyes in Covington with no access. Correction, one is under the walk-in freezer. They kept forgetting where the well was and just jack hammered a hole and drilled a new well until they finally got city water. Such intelligent decisions

@ClearWaterPumpWell 2 жыл бұрын

@@JRPittman Good lord! Yep, you are a legend sir!

@williamvaughan1218 Жыл бұрын

What do you mean by jet? It's just a screen and a foot valve no?

@ClearWaterPumpWell Жыл бұрын

No on a deep well jet pump the jet goes in the well. It's a device that uses a Venturi action to create suction at the jet below the water table. This allows the the pump to work at deeper water tables than 20'. It has a foot valve to seal the suction and a set of two leather to seal the casing to the jet on the return side.

@TxGuitarPlayer 4 ай бұрын

She dodged that how old are you question 😂

@rachellopez3177 Жыл бұрын

I have put in a new pump, primed it, new foot valve, new jet. Still nothing. Pump over heats and shuts off. No pressure

@ClearWaterPumpWell Жыл бұрын

Then that has nothing to do with the jet, you might have the wrong voltage setting on motor.