Deployment of engineer's screwdriver

MarkJ

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We haven't used the van for a few weeks so I got it out of the barn where we keep it and started to sort it out. Filled with water, turned on a tap - nothing. Checked the 12V, checked there really was water in it, checked the fuse. Went inside for a cuppa for inspiration. Went out, turned power off and on, scratched head. Started thinking expensive thoughts about a new pump, and how to get it sorted in 48hours...

Banged on the water tank in frustration - and the pump started.

Must have been some limescale or grit or something jamming it.
 
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Annoying faults don’t you just love them. We used to have an electric bed I was always driving round wondering if it was going to work or not. Unfortunately it did not have a manual way of deployment.
 
QFour said:
Annoying faults don’t you just love them. We used to have an electric bed I was always driving round wondering if it was going to work or not. Unfortunately it did not have a manual way of deployment.
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Good point, we have one of those too and I seem to recall being told when I picked the van up that there was a handle to wind it manually. Wonder where it is?
 
I find with all these annoying faults, that it’s usually fluff in the works ?
.Best way to fix it is a good rub down with an oily rag.
Well that’s what my old dad told me and he was an engine driver !!
 
" Give it a 4 thou tap with 2 lb Manchester screwdriver. "
Old Yorkshire mechanics remedy for anything.
You couldn't go wrong with simple Imperial units.
It doesn't work in metric.
 
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