Help, dropped the water pump filter down the wall!

digitaldean

I'm hoping I'm not the only one that's ever done this. I was winterizing and cleaning the water pump filter, and while screwing it back on I dropped it. Yeesh. I reach down the opening now and I can feel the floor, but not the filter. Right next to the outside wall at the bottom the floor is not there, it's like it drops further into another area that I can't reach. Anyone have any wisdom around this?
Dean 

VictoriaP

Ugh. Not fun. If all else fails, the filter is replaceable.

pthomas745

Here are a bunch of Shurflo filters on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/shurflo-filter/s?k=shurflo+filter

VictoriaP

@digitaldean You might be able to see where exactly it fell using a phone camera and a selfie stick. That might help you decide whether or not it’s worth trying to reach it versus just buying a replacement. Just don’t lose the phone down there too!

@Denny16 Digitaldean appears to have a pre-2021 320. Totally different plumbing from your 400 and a real nightmare of a location to lose anything. Pump is behind the toilet, and the access door is high enough in a very tight space up that it’s nearly impossible to get in there.

Verna

If you can locate the pump with a photo on your phone or camera inside the wall, get a grabber to put inside the wall to grab it. 

digitaldean

Thanks for the ideas everyone. Yeah, a 2018 320S boondock, missed that detail. On a more positive note, I found the towel I used last year down there............ 

ScottG

There are a lot of spaces down there around the black tank and under the shower pan where small items can be swallowed.

You could cut yourself an access panel, but I'd probably start by trying to procure a replacement part first...  :-/

digitaldean

Good idea, I have all winter to get parts now. Thanks everyone.