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Originally Posted by e rock

Then the jets kicked on and the pump motor hit second gear (who knew these things had 2 speeds?).

I did...

Those pumps put out ALOT of water, not something I would even attempt to fix with epoxy at all. At my mom's house we had a air blower fan go out while we were in the hot-tub...eeek...smoke started pouring out from under it, then it kicked off (it tripped the GFI breaker, which boys and girls is EXACTLY why you have to have a GFI breaker on a hottub, full of water...and people)...anyway, during the inactivity time one pump seized, blower had to be replaced, numerous pipes were cracked and/or leaking...so it was a mess. My stepdad finally got it all together, found out it's a pain to find parts for them, unless you want to get reamed and by from the actual spa dealer...but most parts are identical to others, but you just have to find a place that sells just parts, which was not easy. But it's all back together, he had to replace atleast 1 pump, maybe both, but the motors were fine...lot of work but nice now...