More Heating and water pump problems

[Jinglebob]

Our Hydro Flame P Model on the Coleman Columbia will not light. The 'Flicker" lighter doesn't work. Pushing in the red knob and following the directions for manual lighting just causes a flame up and hot finger tips. from other messages it would sound like a thermocouple problem but I don't know where it is located and how to get to it. The blower works as it should and the thermostat, hard to work but seems to do its part.

For the hand pump. Installed all new fittings and hose pieces down to the 5 gallon jug, reused the clear plastic hose that goes into the jug. Used old layout as a guide. Installed the backflow devise on the hose coming out of the jug rather than on the line from the city water supply (as was done in the old layout). Getting no water from the pump. This is a old/new pup for us and have never had water before and had to trust the old owners set up. The cap on the outside city water is on tight, directions followed in the Coleman manuel, getting no pressure or suction from pumping.

Thanks to all in advance for taking time to provide any suggestions.

[austinado16]

Regarding your furnace.

I'm not familiar with the model, the but just went down a similar road this week while installing a Duo-Therm into our Starcraft.

When you rotate the control knob on the gas valve at the side of the furnace to the "pilot" setting and then push down, you are opening the pilot valve passage and you are pushing the valve into the position where it can be magnetically held in place to keep the pilot burning.  

The furnace holds the pilot gas valve open by the voltage that the thermocouple generates.  It takes about 15-30secs for the thermocouple to generate the 10millivolts needed to activate the electromagnet that holds onto the pilot valve.  

So typically, you use a BBQ ignitor to light the pilot while holding down the gas valve.  After about 15-30secs, you let the gas valve come back up and the pilot should stay burning.  Then you have to rotate the gas valve into the "on" position in order to have the main burner function.

Usually if you can get this far, you'll have a working furnace.

Regarding faucet, try taking it off and sticking it in a sink full of water and see if it'll suck water and pump water then.  If it does, you know you have an "air leak" in your camper's piping.  If it doesn't, you know the faucet has worn rubber parts inside.