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Of course, my Grand California GC 600 chose New Year’s Day on the Isle of Harris for the water pump to break.
Thankfully, I had a spare on board (ordered from link below), and enough tools to make a swap.
The new pump works perfectly.
For anyone interested in being similarly able to carry out an on the road repair in case the same happens to you, here’s how I did it (should be the same on a 680 but don’t know for sure)…
1) Use pliers to slacken the c clip at the left end of the short white pipe and slide the pipe off the yellow t connector (keep kitchen towel on hand to mop up and after electrically isolating the pump, open the kitchen tap and place the bathroom shower hose on the tray floor and open tap to reduce pressure). Use flat bladed screwdriver to lever the electrical connector off its mount. (Pic shows cable splice after repair)
2) this will give you enough slack to take the pump out (the blue overflow pipe can stay connected). Cover the open hole with something to avoid anything falling into the tank (I used a plate and tea towel)
3) remove the grey c clip under the push fit connector then squeeze together which will allow you to slide off the connector. I then cut the power cable near the black electric clip end as the wire was soldered on to the black connector. That then allows you to remove the old pump.
4) amuse yourself at the evident damage of the old pump…
5) make sure you have a new one of these on hand…
6) splice cable together (would have been better if I had a proper connector block on hand, but some diligent electrical taping and spiral splicing has done the job and should stay together). Refit the pump (don’t forget the grey c clip on the push fit water connector, and pull to engage the teeth), refit the electrical connector (close taps first if you opened them). Add supporting tape to stop cable wobble which might affect the splice.
7) Go back to admiring the view …
Link to order a spare (I just ordered another so I have another on board in future)…
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0013DVW0A/?tag=eliteelect-21
Thankfully, I had a spare on board (ordered from link below), and enough tools to make a swap.
The new pump works perfectly.
For anyone interested in being similarly able to carry out an on the road repair in case the same happens to you, here’s how I did it (should be the same on a 680 but don’t know for sure)…
1) Use pliers to slacken the c clip at the left end of the short white pipe and slide the pipe off the yellow t connector (keep kitchen towel on hand to mop up and after electrically isolating the pump, open the kitchen tap and place the bathroom shower hose on the tray floor and open tap to reduce pressure). Use flat bladed screwdriver to lever the electrical connector off its mount. (Pic shows cable splice after repair)
2) this will give you enough slack to take the pump out (the blue overflow pipe can stay connected). Cover the open hole with something to avoid anything falling into the tank (I used a plate and tea towel)
3) remove the grey c clip under the push fit connector then squeeze together which will allow you to slide off the connector. I then cut the power cable near the black electric clip end as the wire was soldered on to the black connector. That then allows you to remove the old pump.
4) amuse yourself at the evident damage of the old pump…
5) make sure you have a new one of these on hand…
6) splice cable together (would have been better if I had a proper connector block on hand, but some diligent electrical taping and spiral splicing has done the job and should stay together). Refit the pump (don’t forget the grey c clip on the push fit water connector, and pull to engage the teeth), refit the electrical connector (close taps first if you opened them). Add supporting tape to stop cable wobble which might affect the splice.
7) Go back to admiring the view …
Link to order a spare (I just ordered another so I have another on board in future)…
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0013DVW0A/?tag=eliteelect-21
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