Tuesday, July 14, 2020
How to lose two and half hours of your night on what should have been a 20 min project....
I'll make this short and sweet.
Leaking yard hydrant finally got me frustrated enough to repair.
Part c-35 packing in assemble below. Easy-peasy right?
No markings on casting so I spent some time on the webs and came up with this one as a match:
(Notice the threads where the head attaches to C60. and part number C-31 exploded view. There will be a quiz later.)
Okay, order repair kit:
Says to self: "Ya, that's a brand new unit on a bench. It ain't gonna be that easy" no truer thoughts were thought.
Shuts off well pump.
Heads out to barn with tools and repair kit.
Drains system.
Starts to disassemble.
Notes parts are plastic.
Okay, plastic doesn't rust, that's good but go easy.
Gets to part C-31.... tight.... easy... twisting and ....... the hex breaks off. FUCK!
Now I have the threaded body inside the casting with the C-57 draw bar in the way. Fuckity fuck.
Grab small chisel and screw driver pick away at it.
Not much room to work. The hydrant is near a wall and under a shelf.
Tick tock goes the clock....
Bzzzz go mosquitos....
WTF.. I'll just take the head off.
Grab pipe wrenches. DO NOT WANT TO BREAK THE JOINT 6Ft IN THE GROUND.
Set up... easy... easy ... twist... breaks free. Yay!.
Twist.... starts to get hand free loose.
Start unscrewing and unscrewing and unscr...wtf it ain't moving? Pull up and it pops off!
I turn around...."WHO THE FUCK EPOXIES THE HEAD OF A BURIED HYDRANT TO THE RISER TUBE??" I ask the horse looking at me.
Now I have a long face too.
6:43 tick tock.... No shut off to this side of the well.(that will be remedied)
No water in house if this doesn't get fixed.
SHIT! the hardware store closes at 7:00
Grabs Devon 2600psi epoxy..
Preps parts.
Assembles unit.
Adds epoxy.
Puts the head casting back on tube.
16-24 hour cure.
Ok,,,,,,,,, now I need to make sure it does't blow off over night and run the well for hours.
Macguyver something.
To be continued.......................................
OR
Monday, July 13, 2020
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Call me hard headed, but I'm still against the wearing of those silly masks.
H/T to Rusty @ Lakeshore
Ol' Remus of The WoodpileReport has passed away.
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