I'm not positive which is which but I think the American models have the pump
in the tank and the Canadian models have the pump outside the tank - it could
be the other way around??

Markus

Harmon Seaver <hseaver@CYBERSHAMANIX.COM> wrote:

>   My '82 westy sink pump doesn't work, or at least doesn't pump. It
> runs, but very little comes out. I pulled it up, it's an Atwood
> 6126. Seems to spin fine, but even putting the intake into a glass of
> water, nothing comes out. Haven't tried yet setting up some sort of
> priming, since the impellers look okay, maybe that's it. I'm not sure
> this is the stock pump, and, in fact, the wiring to it looks
> definitely non factory.
>    Resorting to looking in Bently, I see that there is apparantly
> supposed to be a pump in the tank itself, and it looks like there are
> two pumps then -- is this correct? I have no pump in my tank, no wires
> going to it, although there is the grommet in the top for the wires as
> per the manual picture. Hmmm. I thought that was an air vent
> previously. So why would they have two pumps, if that indeed was the
> case?
>    Is there a good self-priming RV pump that would work?
> 
> 
>  --
> Harmon Seaver
> CyberShamanix
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