Hose Connectors that leak

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Hose Connectors that leak
Topic Started: Jul 20 2012, 06:36 AM (513 Views)
brodie	Jul 20 2012, 06:36 AM Post #1
Small Star Member Posts: 644 Group: Member Member #295 Joined: April 26, 2006	Hose connectors that leak, so annoying, and they leave a puddle of mud where you don't want one. Has anyone found a brand that actually does connect but does not leak. I've tried the brass type, the plastic orange and cream type, some other yellow plastic thing, even a silver coloured metal connector kit. I've replaced rubber washer things to try and make things stop leaking, no luck. So far I have quite a collection, all brands shapes and sizes it really bugs me that they can sell this stuff. All I've tried leak!

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campy	Oct 1 2012, 11:28 AM Post #16
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	Kahu Oct 1 2012, 11:27 AM campy Oct 1 2012, 11:03 AM Well if they are not exactly the right size you buy oversize and trim them. That's where they leak. On the outside. I use a Dremel tool to sand them to the final size. I use a concave punch which just happens to be the right size for the connector ...... I inherited it from my father's bag of tricks! Sheer luck or maybe not. Those tools were there for a specific purpose.



Kahu	Oct 1 2012, 12:08 PM Post #17
Posts: 31,109 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	campy Oct 1 2012, 11:28 AM Sheer luck or maybe not. Those tools were there for a specific purpose. Yes, they were for a now obsolete trade; but they do fit the bill for the purpose.



campy	Oct 1 2012, 02:46 PM Post #18
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	I have collected older tools that have come in handy in situations where a modern one wouldn't do the job. There is a site I go to every once in awhile where they publish a photo of a tool or an appliance that no one knows what it was invented for. There is some interesting stuff that was made a long time ago that is no longer used. Some of it was ingenious.



Kahu	Oct 1 2012, 03:49 PM Post #19
Posts: 31,109 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	Dad was apprenticed as a Coach Builder before WWII .... building not really Coaches but wooden motor bodies for trucks and railway rolling stock .... modern trade is now Panel Beating.



FuzzyO	Oct 1 2012, 09:31 PM Post #20
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	What does beating mean in this sense?



campy	Oct 1 2012, 10:41 PM Post #21
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	Hitting it with a hammer designed for the purpose. A term for a sheet metal worker is a tin basher in Canada.



wildie	Oct 2 2012, 09:35 AM Post #22
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	campy Oct 1 2012, 10:41 PM Hitting it with a hammer designed for the purpose. A term for a sheet metal worker is a tin basher in Canada. In Ontario, 'Tin Whacker' is popular!



Kahu	Oct 2 2012, 10:47 AM Post #23
Posts: 31,109 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	Panel Beating trade here means basically all the trades involved in restoring a damaged vehicle to road worthiness.



FuzzyO	Oct 2 2012, 10:48 AM Post #24
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Thanks!



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