Thor, or should that be Zeus?

[Clive S]

Thanks. I did think of that - I tried to blow into it but a bit limited in terms of space. The black grommit things were removed, wasnt sure if there could be anything else blocking.

If you put a temp. tank above the spindle with one pipe to the spindle and the other pipe lower down into a bucket and siphon the water it should run freely. I take it is one of the normal Chinese spindles

[Chaz]

If you put a temp. tank above the spindle with one pipe to the spindle and the other pipe lower down into a bucket and siphon the water it should run freely. I take it is one of the normal Chinese spindles

Yep, 4KW unit.

[Clive S]

Yep, 4KW unit.

Chaz I have not seen one of those so can't comment but the water should still flow through and I would expect you to have a bigger tank

[Chaz]

Chaz I have not seen one of those so can't comment but the water should still flow through and I would expect you to have a bigger tank

At the moment im just using a plastic bucket filled with water (probably 5-6 litres) at ground level. I raised it manually by hand to lower the head distance however it made no real difference. I suspect something must be blocked but the limited flow wasnt exactly inspiring either, so I need to improve that. Without the the thin tubing, the pump pushes out a fair amount of water.

[Chaz]

Water now flowing, was completely blocked. Had to take top off and eventually got some crud out with air gun.

[Boyan Silyavski]

Water now flowing, was completely blocked. Had to take top off and eventually got some crud out with air gun.

I have read of many people hack their spindle, breaking gaskets blowing with air gun. Dont do that! Or do it with care as a final remedy. The good thing is that you have opened it. I did once that on a 0.8kw spindle and had to open it later...

[Chaz]

I have read of many people hack their spindle, breaking gaskets blowing with air gun. Dont do that! Or do it with care as a final remedy. The good thing is that you have opened it. I did once that on a 0.8kw spindle and had to open it later...

Too late. There was some crap and smelt like rusty water. I dont think it was water from me, perhaps when it was tested, not sure.