We had to dig up the church well

The pump quit in the church well so we had to dig it up.  When we tried to pull it we could see somthing on the pitless adapter.  We tapped it with a long stick and discovered it was a rock and now it was further down in the well.  No amount of pounding or pulling would loosen the pitless connector.  So we had to did up the well.

After digging up the pitless and removing it, the pump came up easily.  We did not see any rocks!?!  We did see the real problem: the wires to the pump were burnt and one wire was disconnected.

We could also see the pitless was bigger than normal and after hitting it many times with different hammers it finally came apart.  there was no O ring!  It had likely leaked and the leaked water formed a rust/calcium bond glueing it in place.