- Joined
- 15 May 2023
- Messages
- 6
- Reaction score
- 2
- Country
I have to try to change a pump which is hard to access. I mentioned it in another thread, it's behind a HW cyl where it's lurked for 42 years
I got a crowfoot spanner on the nearer pump nut (2 1/16th inch) but of course the pump started to turn.
I don't think I could manipulate two of them (I have three...) to hold it still,
No chance of using normal spanners or grips, but I can access both the 22mm compression nuts as well - crow foot spanner on the rear one, arrowed, but there would be no movement in the pipes so I'd have to cut the pipe, to get the pump out
I wondered about splitting the pump nuts. I can just reach with a small hacksaw to cut into them. I've heard of people doing this but never tried it. If I put a sharp cold chisel in the sawcut and hit it, are they likely to come off?
The rear pump nut is harder - not just any old spanner to reach in to that.
I got a crowfoot spanner on the nearer pump nut (2 1/16th inch) but of course the pump started to turn.
I don't think I could manipulate two of them (I have three...) to hold it still,
No chance of using normal spanners or grips, but I can access both the 22mm compression nuts as well - crow foot spanner on the rear one, arrowed, but there would be no movement in the pipes so I'd have to cut the pipe, to get the pump out
I wondered about splitting the pump nuts. I can just reach with a small hacksaw to cut into them. I've heard of people doing this but never tried it. If I put a sharp cold chisel in the sawcut and hit it, are they likely to come off?
The rear pump nut is harder - not just any old spanner to reach in to that.
