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Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

5850 Pump Question

BlueRidge · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I use to use Fatboys and I always adjusted the pressure up from the factory setting. If the 5850 has an allen set screw turn it in for more pressure and out for less. You can see the hole for the screw in the picture.

Chris Mozick · Approved Exteior Cleaner

Ditto what Brett said turn factory screw out release pressure

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I think I'm going to take the head apart and look inside. I took one apart last week and it was full of some kind of white powder. I will get some pics

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

Dried salt?

Hank

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

That would mean the head was leaking

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

Only one way of finding out.

Hank

Chris Mozick · Approved Exteior Cleaner

Or lack of rinsing pump out

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

It was inside the pressure head. They can be opened up. Theres a spring in there and a lever . The spring and lever was full of salt. I haven't a clue as to why. I'm going to open the other one that I put on the pump and see what it looks like. I think it may be salt stuck.

-- Edited by Art O on Monday 7th of September 2015 04:21:01 PM

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

Did I win anything?

Hank

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

waxman18324 wrote:
Did I win anything?

Hank

Yes Salt

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

LOL.

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Pump went down again. I removed the pressure head and found this white powder in the head again. Its not from S/H this is from my SURFACTANT pump. I only use this pump for soap.