Took me 3 whole weeks to figure out my rainwater filter was just clogged with leaves

I'm not kidding. I kept thinking my pump was dying or the bladder tank was shot. Replaced a pressure switch for nothing. Finally pulled the whole filter housing apart and there was just this mat of decomposed oak leaves jammed in there. Could have fixed it in 20 minutes on day one. Anyone else spend way too long troubleshooting something that simple?

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robert_smith361d agoMost Upvoted

Last time I spent three days swapping parts on a perfectly good mower motor.

tarajenkins1d ago

On my old VW van I spent two days chasing an electrical gremlin that turned out to be a single corroded ground wire behind the taillight. I replaced relays, fuses, even swapped out the alternator bracket before I finally just started tugging on wires. That ground connection looked fine from the top but peeled right apart when I pulled on it. Now I always check the simple stuff first even if it feels like the problem has to be something harder.