AA 130 M Restoration and Installation

Post by **coaledsweat** » Tue. Oct. 15, 2019 7:22 pm

Your local plumbing house should have a "job box" in your desired size. It will include a variety of common lengths with a few of each. It's very reasonable compared to buying a few pieces at sticker price. You get an awful lot of nipples in that one box.

Post by **Lightning** » Tue. Oct. 15, 2019 7:33 pm

That's an excellent suggestion, I will investigate that, thank you

lzaharis · Post by **lzaharis** » Wed. Oct. 16, 2019 12:53 am

Lightning wrote: ↑
Tue. Oct. 15, 2019 6:00 pm
Thank you partner

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You are most welcome Lee. Do not hesitate to ask more questions or send me a PM.

Olllotj · Post by **Olllotj** » Wed. Oct. 16, 2019 2:53 pm

The imported stuff is from china and it is far lesser quality. The imported unions are especially terrible.

Post by **Lightning** » Wed. Oct. 16, 2019 4:03 pm

Olllotj wrote: ↑
Wed. Oct. 16, 2019 2:53 pm
The imported stuff is from china and it is far lesser quality. The imported unions are especially terrible.

Well I'm glad I asked.. I went thru and changed all my fittings to "Ward" domestic made. The last thing I want is water showering from every joint..

Post by **Lightning** » Wed. Oct. 16, 2019 4:22 pm

In other news, I went and saw member Phil May today and got a ton of Lehigh's finest pea size, $235 pick up. Super nice guy, he sat it right on my truck and I carefully drove away with it

lzaharis · Post by **lzaharis** » Wed. Oct. 16, 2019 5:21 pm

Time to move the bags of magic black rocks into the basement and turn on the dehumidifier to dry the coal out.
You can always use lowes buckets and clay bricks and drill small 1/8" holes in the bottom of the upper buckets to let the water drip down into the lower bucket(s) that have the bricks in them to separate the buckets.

I am still waiting on the high winds from the noreaster but the rain is here.

Post by **Lightning** » Wed. Oct. 16, 2019 9:25 pm

Are the Bluefin valves OK?
They seem to be the least expensive when you need many...

https://www.supplyhouse.com/Bluefin-BVT075-3-4-Fu ... -Lead-Free

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Thu. Oct. 17, 2019 5:23 am

Seem fine to me.

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Thu. Oct. 17, 2019 7:04 am

I have a mix of HydroValve, Watts, and Mueller full port ball valves on my system, so I shouldn't comment other than to say that they all look the same to me, and function the same also, and I've had no problems, so I wouldn't worry much about the brand name.

Phil May · Post by **Phil May** » Thu. Oct. 17, 2019 8:22 am

That some nice looking Lehigh pea you got there.

Post by **Lightning** » Thu. Oct. 17, 2019 1:37 pm

Phil May wrote: ↑
Thu. Oct. 17, 2019 8:22 am
That some nice looking Lehigh pea you got there.

Was nice to see ya Phil, thanks for getting that ton of Pea size for me.

The reason I wanted some bagged is because I wanna make sure its gonna feed proper before a bury the dog house with 6 tons of coal..

Post by **Lightning** » Thu. Oct. 17, 2019 1:38 pm

hotblast1357 wrote: ↑
Thu. Oct. 17, 2019 5:23 am
Seem fine to me.

Thanks to you and Larry for the input on the valves

I'm gonna put my order in tonight to Supply House.. I've been tweaking my piping design. Time to let some out, or get off the pot....

I set a goal to have this sucker burnin coal by or before Halloween..

Qtown1835 · Post by **Qtown1835** » Thu. Oct. 17, 2019 3:01 pm

Lightning wrote: ↑
Thu. Oct. 17, 2019 1:38 pm
Thanks to you and Larry for the input on the valves

I'm gonna put my order in tonight to Supply House.. I've been tweaking my piping design. Time to let some out, or get off the pot....

I set a goal to have this sucker burnin coal by or before Halloween..

Order extra fittings, you can always return them.

Post by **Lightning** » Fri. Oct. 18, 2019 2:21 pm

Yay!!! Got my AA parts today!

What's the trick to keeping that fan plate gasket in place while mounting the plate?

AA 130 M Restoration and Installation

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