BILLY SEWELL's Page

"i would rather have a lil oil in the liner water than oil in my gear end"

"if you will look its self explanitory, the plates  that hold the seals have weep holes in them, that face down and make the water go back in the rod box, and the oil go back in the gear end, the last f-1000 i worked on had three seals and a…"

"So the spring side goes out? One toward the oil side and one toward the liners?"

"This is close to my town. Word is they were pumping nitrogen down a line trying to get a "pig" out of the line and it pressured up I heard to 7500psi and bursted their line. the guy was standing near causing the…"

"These are the mud pumps that we use on my rig and yes they do face opposite. If they keep going bad then check your pony rod to see if it needs replaced. Just like a liner if it has a bunch of deep grooves on it then it needs changed."

"the reason you guys never heard of an F1000, is easy. The F-1000 is a Chinese made mudpump supposably made to Continental Emsco and API standards. The wiper seals go oppsite like all double action wiping systems. I remember a rig that used a salt…"

"DID THEY HAVE A CROWN AUTOMATIC?"

"Tesco is pretty scared of taking liability. I have asked for a couple of instruction sheet on installations of certain parts, and they said they dont supply because of safety liability. All I have is the scheduled grease sheet. I can email it to you…"

"IM READY FOR IT"

"I WORK FOR AZTEC WELL SERVICE IN AZTEC NEW MEXICO. WE HAVE 5 TESCO 250 TON UNITS. I WAS LOOKING FOR AN INSPECTION SHEET DIFFERENT THAN TESCO HAS IT IS VERY LIMITED"

"I run top drives on the west coast, but only for a short time. It has been my experience, however, that above anything typical, EVERYTHING! Ive had things come apart on the top drive that you would never expect to come apart. What I always try to…"

"I agree with Lynn...all triplex pumps I have worked (never a F1000) have seals facing to keep the water on the water end and oil on the oil end. I think the answer to your question is if you have 2 seals (I remember at least 4) they should face…"

"THATS A GREAT STORY THAT UNHEARD OF."

"Hey Luker its Billy Sewell I just come across your page. You ever here from old DOWN TOWN SCREAMIN BROWN. Im still in Farmington working for Aztec they finally gave me a Drilling Superintendent job about a year ago. Just seems like yesterday i was…"