Gin62 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 We are currently purchasing a piece of land that has(had) a large pond, from a spring. the water is drawn up by a windpump as seen in the USA or outback of Austrailia. Our windpump has 15 blades is turning but not drawing up water. The owners of the land are dead so no useful info can be obtained there and it is the only one in our vicinity. The make (Oasis) comes back as Austrailian. Any one out there with actual experience of maintaining such a beast. We have looked at various websites but none quite correspond with ours, and the austrailian site is an address only and a phone number to ring if I remember before going to bed.ever hopeful Gillian and Bert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Guerriere Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I think that this sort of wind pump has a crank at the top turned by the blades. The crank drives a push / pull rosd that goes up and down. If the rod is going up and down OK, the fault is probably with the pump down the hole. As it is just a push / pull it probably has a couple of valves on it (leather?) which have died and need replacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattjazz Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I presume it works on a similar principle to a well pump, so you need a good seal as La Guerriere says. Do you need to prime it like a well? Is it possible to fill the outlet up with water, thus priming it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gin62 Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 thank you, we shall investigate further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Yes ...leather valves they dry out and shrivel up when not used ....Similar on the hand crank "Village pump " If you find someone who knows how to replace them in those give that a try ..bucket of water in to prime it and you may find thats all it needs .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Matjess ....simultanious post here ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gin62 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 We are going over tuesday with a gallon sorry several litres of water, we can see water moving but not sure up and down in the inspection pit. we have a 18cm wide tube with a lid on it. There is also a lead from the gear box that is linked to a half circle by a lever.At the moment the lever is in the up position held by a removable screw it is possible to move the lever down slightly by one or two hole, but nothing seems to happen. The lever and half cirle are by the stand pipe above the discharge pipe.Bert and Gillian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Guerriere Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Post some pictures if you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gin62 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 our avatar now has the picture of windpump, not sure how to post a picture. this photo was takern by us on saturday 25 july 09Gillian and Bertnot a very good one though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 [quote user="Gin62"]our avatar now has the picture of windpump, not sure how to post a picture. [/quote]See http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1758955/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gin62 Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 thanks to Clair's really good advice, from her link. Hopefully this link will work to our windpump pictures. The half moon shape with the handle actually alters the position of tail fins and stops windmill.So here goes for the pictures.[IMG]http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/french_dressing/windpump280709003.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/french_dressing/windpump280709006.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/french_dressing/windpump280709007.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/french_dressing/windpump280709009.jpg[/IMG] Hope this isn't too many picturesGillian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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