Need serious help from well experts!

[bhayles]

Excellent idea you had. I had a more complicated tool that basically did the same thing. My tool was factory built and expensive. Your tool show the ingenuity America was founded on. Congratulations.

Thanks. Mine cost $1.00 worth of steel plate and a bit of Oxy and Acetylene...

 

[FishingPilot]

Rabies pole with some rubber around the rope loop. Similar to those plastic handle pipe wrenches with the rubber strap. That might be grippy enough.

 

[tops]

If you use a rabies pole.......... when you get the loop on the pipe twist the loop to make a figure 8 and also put this loop on the pipe. Larry

 

[cussedemgun]

Jobs like this are 1 of a kind, & so are the tools

I spent 36 years drilling wells and installing pumps. What you are doing is called fishing. There are many types of fishing tools. The problem with the overshot or tap (which goes on the inside of the pipe and is threaded) is the pipe you are trying to catch is not rigid enough to make either work well, as both require decent down pressure to make work. .

Use a rigid steel pipe that will slide inside the larger of the pieces to be pulled. (20ft. length)
1ft. from bottom end, cut a piece off at about 30* to center line so when one piece is drawn to the other, they will slide, overlapping at the bevel cut & jam inside the well pipe.

Insert a rod down the center of this pipe (~1/2 the I.D.) & weld or braise to the bottom of the lower short piece. Cut near the top & add (weld or braise) a threaded section to the rod. With spacers on the rod, tthread a nut down to tighten against the top section of rigid pipe, causing the pieces to overlap at the bevel cut.

If this isn't clear, email or pm me a phone# & I'll call with more clearer instructions.

 

[schgsd]

Inquiring minds are waiting for the finale.......

 

[Onomea]

Jeez. Hope Cougar didn't fall in.....

 

[Cpo1944]

Do you know how the washer holds your storm door open? Maybe you could figure out how to rig some washers big enough to fit over the outside of the lost pipe. I make artifical limbs and one of the ways we lock a prosthesis on the patient is very similar. just cant that washer on a smooth pin and it holds like crazy. I wish you well and hope this helps.
Jack

 

[cougar14]

Okay, here's the latest. I took 2 sticks of Schedule 40 pvc, 1 and 1.25 inches, glued slip connectors on one end, and beveled the open end of the connector a lot. Then I teat fit them to see if they would slide over the cut pipe 15 feet down the hole. Got both to slide on easy. Pulled them up, glued the snot out of those two connectors and dropped them on the pipes. Glue can says 24 hrs to cure, so tomorrow about this time I'll let you guys know how it came out. Wish me luck.

 

[model70hunter]

When I got to your 2 sticks I was nervous. Glad you are waiting for the pipe to cure. Did you think about tying a stainless steel cable to the pump or bottom?

 

[cougar14]

Yippee!!! It worked, but came a hair's diameter from failure. Got my son to pull. The foot valve was in the mud at the bottom, didn't want to give up it's captive. We pulled together, slowly with that sucking noise pulling anything out of mud, it broke free and we were able to get it up and tie it off below those two glue joints. Then we found out what actually happened. The larger of the two pipes never made contact properly, swinging in the wind. The smaller was glued firmly, held the entire load.
It's now completely repaired, awaiting another 24 hr. curing period.

Thanks to everyone for all your support and ideas!!!