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Sept 25, 2006 19:13:20 GMT
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Been clearing up in the garage tonight and I was looking at the compressor. This is mounted on nice anti-vibration feet. Certainly keeps it quiet. Well, quiet compared to steel feet vibrating on a concrete floor (and in a concrete garage at the old place). Anyway, I digress...
The compressor appears nicely level with the floor. However, the compressor looks a little off when compared to the shelf above it. Now I put that shelf up with a spirit level...
I think you can see where this is going.
So I got the spirit level out and the compressor is lying back about 2 or 3 degrees. Not much, but the floor obviously rises slightly there... and its laying back away from the drain tap.
so I adjust the feet so that the compressor is level on the bubble shows it being slightly down a degree or two at the tap end.
Then I drained it down again.
I was amazed. I got about two pints of what I can only describe as bilge which was the colour of a very runny korma sauce. And it stank.
Ask I drained down (under mild pressure) the mositure trap gurgled and coughed and spat about 100 - 150 ml of water out as well.
No wonder I've been having "issues" with my spraying...
I'm just amazed its not being doing a hose pipe. The moisture traps never going to cope with that kind of liquid behind it.
Shame I never checked that before I sprayed the car, but hey.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Mike D
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Sept 25, 2006 20:53:21 GMT
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Glad you've found the source of your problems  I know it's a pig to find after you've sprayed, but at least now you know why it kept going wrong Best of luck getting the ventora finished |
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Seth
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Sept 25, 2006 21:16:49 GMT
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Arrrghghhh! What an  ! At least you've found out now though and before you tried again on something else. How's the bolting together going? |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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Sept 25, 2006 21:17:28 GMT
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Well at least you know now, good sleuthing mate. Its funny i was doing a small bit of spraying recently and i noticed that when the thinners evaporated out of the paint, it got cold enough for water to condensate on the surface! Ruining the finish too! So i rubbed it down, sprayed again and brought it inside while the thinners evaporated, and this solved the problem. I never expected the evaporative cooling to be a problem, but hey  J |
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Sept 26, 2006 7:23:00 GMT
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anything and everything can be a problem with paint! (And come 2007 even more so).
Not really started refitting stuff yet, been cleaning the garage and stuff as everything is really dusty. Thats the really big PITA with paint & prep is the dust.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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qwerty
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Sept 26, 2006 9:53:25 GMT
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Glad you've found the problem. Least its sorted for next time.
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Sept 26, 2006 9:54:06 GMT
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Crikey, just as well you mentioned this I didn't empty mine last time and I remember it had about a pint of white slimy stinky crapola in it.
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Sept 26, 2006 12:33:54 GMT
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Even though I'd been draining it down it must have had that slush in it since we moved here! Thats about a year. Nice. Not.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Sept 26, 2006 17:11:29 GMT
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good going mate now get out there and get flatting back to give it another go  ;D  |
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Sept 26, 2006 19:23:55 GMT
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No money for more paint now unfortunately. I'll probably run it as is over winter (hey, its dark...) and look at doing something with it in the spring.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Sept 26, 2006 19:32:26 GMT
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Bravo!
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Sept 27, 2006 7:48:41 GMT
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The google ads for this page made me chuckle.
Ads by Google: Drain Cleaner, Drain Cleaning, Blocked Drains, Drain Services.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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;D 