I know somebody here is a pump mechanic like me.....I need some help on getting a part.......they are the gorman-rupp and the libby 350GPM with the 3 cylinder Deutz engine, I need the 8 prong relay that plugs into the socket on the back......ill try and get pictures of the said relay later......

 

You talking about the back of the control panel?

 

YES....its got 8 prongs on it in a circle with a small locating tab on the center stud so it will only go in one way, they are clear plastic, fragile, built cheaply and the wire inside always melts....i need like 8 of them and no one over here has them or is willing to transfer them to me, heck ive ordered them like 5 times......still nothing.....so once i find them my boss is going to order some and have them shipped here.....i got 7 pumps down, and all are for the relay.....

there was a member here that told me he was a pump mechanic, i just cant remember who it was.....

 

Is there a brand identifier on the relay, like Allen-Bradley, Honeywell, White-Rodgers, RBM, Essex, etc?

Sorry to keep digging but the electrical parts should be a piece of cake to find, 'specially with a part # or something....I can get anything.

 

we found it yesterday, hundreds of companies make them........my boss (who makes much more money than me) paid for them, they are only like 7-8 bucks a piece but getting a place that will ship over seas is hard, so we ended up paying about 12 bucks a piece for them.....

 

Are you still with KBR?

 

oh yeah......im working at the bulk fuel farm down the road from my other base at FOB Cedar II, ive been at Cedar since october.....been on the farm since december......

 

Makes perfect sense why you're looking for parts and having to buy them yourself...

 

well we have to answer to the #3 guy in Iraq for these pumps being down......so......yeah......money spent is money earned, especially if spending 100 bucks lets me keep a 85k a year job.......

 

Tell the #3 guy in Iraq to buy his own ******* parts...and remind him the plane ticket to get you home will cost more than the parts....just do it in a nicer way, like with colored pie charts, examples of cost savings for keeping inventory--in general, explain it to him in a way where he thinks it's all his idea.