That center section, between the motor and the impellor, is what broke into pieces. The company Landlady hired had a spare one that had obviously been lying around a warehouse for a long time. It was the right model, fit perfectly, and should have put us right back into business.
Bad news! During that time it lay around that presumed warehouse, somebody needed a part...
The new/old part is missing a drain plug. Of course the service guy took the old part with him, so I've no way of replacing it. Which means, when you apply water to the whole thing, you flood the powerhouse. Which is growing to be a distressingly familiar sight.
Landlady's calling them tomorrow - and in fact I mostly posted pictures here so they'd know for sure what she was talking about.
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You should be able to get one of those at any hardware store. Heh, I probably got one in my parts bin. Here, catch!
That looks like a common brass pipe plug should work, as Mayberry said, common hardware. Use teflon tape on the plug threads.
They said it-looks like any brass drain plug would do,galvanized iron maybe. Use teflon thread tape or thread gunk.
Huh.
Now that you've mentioned it, that seems reasonable.
I'll see what I can find.
You can use a galvanized iron plug, but it will rust into place and will become next to impossible to remove.
Brass costs more, but will be removable well past your expected lifespan.
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