Gould Jet Pump... help Water Cutting Off and Back On

I have a GOULD jet pump and lately the pump will not run and the water
will run out. (Usually when I am in the middle of a shower..:)
If I wait about 15 to 20 minutes it will come back on and fill up and
usually work fine again for a day or so. This happens about once every
day or two. Anyone have any ideas what may be going on?

Others have mentioned problems with the motor or switch.

Next time it does this, go and check the pump. Is it humming or
getting hot? If it does, it's the motor start cap most likely.

If neither is true, thwap the pressure switch with a screwdriver
handle. If that helps, you may have a stuck switch.

And finally, another possibility is that the small tubing going
from the pump to the pressure switch may be getting clogged, and
only very slowly permitting the switch to "see" the pressure drop.

The latter is what happened to our gould pump. Unfastened
the tubing, reamed it out with a pipe cleaner, and reinstalled.
Problem went away.

thanks!!!
Shawn

Had the same problem this Summer. Turned out to be a bad starter on the
motor. Replaced the whole pump although I suppose a person could repair the
motor if you don't have to climb down into a 10ft deep pit to work on it.
Tom G.