I didn't have this problem.
By the way, the seals on the one I had were made of white teflon; so the
black streaks wouldn't be coming from degrading rubber seals; unless in a
cost cutting exercise they are now rubber.
Duncan McF.
On Thursday, May 02, 2002 7:03 PM, jeremycrdavey@btinternet.com
[SMTP:jeremycrdavey@btinternet.com] wrote:
> Has anyone else had a problem with their Michael Engineering Ltd./Rook
Metering
> Equipment Inc. resin pump where it pumps a black contaminant (believed to
be
> fine aluminium particles) with the resin?
>
> Mine did this when new from both pump units, and the first suggested fix
of
> flushing it with hardener and resin only succeeded in contaminating an
entire
> pack of resin+hardener (I must have pumped them through about 3 times and
the
> contaminant was still coming). As it was bought through the factory, they
> arranged new pump units for me from the US, and having fitted these (what
a
> wonderfully messy job that was!) and put in fresh hardener and resin, the
new
> ones do exactly the same :-(.
>
> I'm no engineer, but I can't see how I could have done anything wrong in
the
> simple procedure:
>
> 1) Pour resin and hardener into reservoirs
> 2) Put tubs under spouts
> 3) Pump handle
>
> I've given it about 20 strokes, and the black streaks are coming through
as
> before. I don't want to proceed further and ruin more Ampreg - so I
thought I'd
> see if anyone else has had this problem and if anyone has any thoughts on
it.
>
> Looks like I've got another long weekend coming up measuring out on the
digital
> scales...
>
> Regards,
> Jeremy
>
> Jeremy Davey
> Europa XS monowheel 537M
>
>
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