I just thought I would chime in here because it seems like there's
something else wrong besides the pump. Think about it. Assuming you
have water in the tank, the pump will already be primed because it is
under water and sort of self-primes. If I were you I'd be checking
other possibilities like a kinked hose or a bad faucet valve. An inline
pump is another story, especially if mounted higher than the water
level. FYI I have had 3 pumps in 2 westies and never had a priming
problem. A dead pump, yes, but never an issue of getting water out of
the faucet even when the tank was refilled after sitting dry for
months. And when the water runs out, the pumps tries to gulp every last
drop!

Good luck

Keith O

On Feb 26, 2007, at 7:20 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:27:30 -0800
> From:    Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Priming the friggin' sink pump
>
> my 87 westy "features" a non  stock inline pump that some p.o. put in.
> obviously the same problem, as the pump cannot pump air. after
> scratching my
> head how to get water to the pump, i just put my mouth over the faucet
> and
> sucked the first bit of water through...... works perfectly every time
> now
> that i run it dry.
> flo