MRQ75

My wife and I bought a foreclosure 6 yrs ago that came with a very neglected Sylvan free form inground pool. The plan for this year was to make a serious effort to rehab it for use. I've managed to make sense out of most of the plumbing and have replaced the filter. The pool has been completely drained, cleaned, prepped, and soon to be painted. I am in the process of trying to locate replacement parts for the skimmers and drains which has proven to be no easy task. I'm going to attemp to try and explain the plumbing as I see it to the best of my ability, in the hopes that someone may be familiar with my setup. I can post pictures later as I'm sure a visual would be much more helpful. The pool appears to have a drain in the shallow end that ties to a drain in the deep end of the pool. The two drains each appear to have plumbing that ties them to the skimmers. I had seen elsewhere that some older sylvan pools had what was called a diverter that would switch the draw between the drain and the skimmers themselves but there were no pictures of this type of skimmer, only illustrations and I'm not able to tell if that is the skimmer type I have. I had tried some tests with air and a shop vac and discovered that if I plugged the hole in the bottom of the skimmer, the air did escape through the hole in the side of the drain so I assume they are joined somehow. I have three pipes at the pump with valves. One valve seems to control both returns to the pool and the other two seem to control the drain/ skimmer combos. There are also two other plugged holes in the deep end on either side of the drain. I was only able to remove one and it seems as though it allows water to drain but slowly. I assume its leaching out underground somewhere. I can provide photos later as I stated, if this can aid somone in helping me to understand what I have. I have high hopes of filling the pool next week and getting some use at the tail end of the season.