Hillbilly,

Thanks. I am amazed by the size of it every day when I go look at it. Rain or not, I have to see what it looks like. I saw my first duck swimming in it the other day!!!

Keith,

The pump still works, but due to a combination of errors on my part, I didn't get near the water out of it that I could have. First, I didn't realize how often I had to change the oil and it would die on me for half a day. I'd change the oil and it would run non stop for two days, but then it would die on me. It only holds half a quart of oil, so it wasn't a money thing, just ignorance on my part. Once I figured out to change the oil every other day, it ran great for over a month.

Then I started to have other problems. It would die on me without an apperant reason. I thougth it was a short or a wireing problem, then I thought it was a fuel dilivery problem. Finally I changed the spark plug and it ran good again for awhile.

It seemed to have less power and I made a big mistake thinking I was losing power from usage. Then a guy over at TractorByNet suggested that my intake might be clogged. I moved the pump to pull the intake up about four feet and the volume coming out of the hose doubled. OOOPS. hahaha

Being a little smarter now, I think I could have filled it up if I didn't make all those mistakes and take so long to fix them.

If you want all the details, I did a very detailed account of the whole process at http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/52101-creating-lake.html

It's 36 pages long with 714 posts as of now, so you might not want to go there without plenty of time to kill. hahaha

Thanks,
Eddie

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3/4 and 4 acre ponds.