I'm replacing my Goulds FP-40 Packer assembly and have a question about how the built in foot valve works? I'm not a well professional just a home owner trying to get by. I understand how a foot valve works with the spring and a rubber gasket to keep a prime, but after talking with the Goulds tech on the phone she tells me do not use a foot valve on this packer as it has a built in foot valve and it requires only a screen at the bottom as it the instruction manual explains. I can tell it the built in foot valve does not have a rubber seal and when I just put water in it from the top to test it just runs out fast. So how does it seal for a prime. I replaced the leathers about 20 years ago but put a foot valve on it and it worked. The tech tells me not to and that anything more I add will slow the flow. I just don't want to make a mistake as pulling it back out will be a nightmare and it worked well for 20 years. This was the original 47 year FP-40 and got plugged up so little water was comming out. Goulds tech said replace the whole thing. Doesn't hurt to get a professional well drillers advice. My system 2 inch well casing with a single pipe 52 feet 1 1/4 pipes with the slim wall goulds couplings. That's 52 feet down and well is 83 ft deep with water at 23 ft. Help Thanks

[left]For the last four years in the cold months here in northern Indiana we get a heavy sewer smell around our ejector pump. We have discussed the issue being the lid or maybe the stink pipe line exiting the house in the wall but the odd thing is the smell is only there some days stronger than others when the temp is say below fifty degrees. Anybody have an idea of the issue and how to fix? Even now in the cold months the strength of the strong smell comes and goes throughout the day without completely going away. However again in the summer no smell at all and I use the toilet and run water down there throughout the year.... [/left]