help with advice for an old hand pump?

larry@stinescorner

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this old hand pump is next to the old barn
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its inside the little lean too in front of the old barn. It is rusted fast.I dont remember it ever working. I would like to try to get it working.Got any advice?
 
Chances are the cylinder down in the water is rusted,probably need to lift it up to get at it,disassemble clean and maybe new leathers in cylinder, lower and pump away.Pete
 
Any idea what's underneath? I assume a dug well. But right next to a barn like that it could have been a cistern with the roof water piped to it. It looks like it's cemented over, with no access? Then, depending on what you find, are you ready to remove some of the shed roof so you can pull the pump?
 
There is a hatch type door in the roof,I could get it open if needed
. The picture doesnt show it reall good ,but on the right hand side is a square thing that will lift off, I have roof coated it,but could get it to open,its wired fast underneath in the little shed room
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I'm guessing, but it looks like it's right over the pump. Then, obviously, you need a way to pull it. You would probably need to pull it and lay it on the ground to get the cylinder apart.
 
I built a cylinder pump from scratch about 15 years ago, and it still works. I used 2 inch pvc, made a piston out of some 1 inch thick Teflon, and O-rings for seals. I used rubber roofing material for the valves. It is down in a mineral exploration bore hole 20 feet, and always seems to have water. The hole is about 400 feet deep at a 45 degree angle.
 
I have pulled well pipes with a 10 ft pry bar and chain prying over a fulcrum---the chain fastened tight around the well pipe with at least 2 turns will grab the pipe really well---it helps if you spin the well pipe around a few times before prying.
 
It looks like what we call a force pump. Is there an underground pipe going from the pump to some other building or tank? We had one of those and there was an underground pipe going out to a hog or cattle tank but it was disconnected before I was born. It still did still pump up through the neck for filling a bucket.
 

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