80 SERIES
OM−06362
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Thank You
for purchasing a Gorman-Rupp pump.
Read this manual
carefully to learn how to safely
install and operate your pump. Failure to do so
could result in personal injury or damage to the
pump.
This pump is a 80 Series, semi-open impeller, self-
priming centrifugal model with a suction check
valve. It is close-coupled to a four cycle air cooled
single cylinder Hatz diesel engine incorporating
such safety features as splash guards, grounding
wire and spark arresting muffler. The pump is de-
signed for pumping water, gasoline, or other petro-
leum products in a non-flammable atmosphere.
The basic material of construction for wetted parts
is aluminum, with an aluminum impeller and steel
wearing parts.
This manual will alert personnel to known proce-
dures which require special attention, to those
which could damage equipment, and to those
which could be dangerous to personnel. However,
this manual cannot possibly anticipate and provide
detailed precautions for every situation that might
occur during maintenance of the unit. Therefore, it
is the responsibility of the owner/maintenance per-
sonnel to ensure that
only
safe, established main-
tenance procedures are used, and that any proce-
dures not addressed in this manual are performed
only
after establishing that neither personal safety
nor pump integrity are compromised by such prac-
tices.
If there are any questions regarding the pump or
its application which are not covered in this man-
ual or in other literature accompanying this unit,
please contact your Gorman-Rupp distributor, or
The Gorman-Rupp Company:
The Gorman-Rupp Company
P.O. Box 1217
Mansfield, Ohio 44901−1217
Phone: (419) 755−1011
or:
Gorman-Rupp of Canada Limited
70 Burwell Road
St. Thomas, Ontario N5P 3R7
Phone: (519) 631−2870
The following are used to alert maintenance per-
sonnel to procedures which require special atten-
tion, to those which could damage equipment, and
to those which could be dangerous to personnel:
Immediate hazards which WILL result in
severe personal injury or death. These
instructions describe the procedure re-
quired and the injury which will result
from failure to follow the procedure.
Hazards or unsafe practices which
COULD result in severe personal injury
or death. These instructions describe
the procedure required and the injury
which could result from failure to follow
the procedure.
Hazards or unsafe practices which COULD
result in minor personal injury or product
or property damage. These instructions
describe the requirements and the possi-
ble damage which could result from failure
to follow the procedure.
NOTE
Instructions to aid in installation, operation,and
maintenance, or which clarify a procedure.
