vac relief question

[floorguy]

So i feel like a moron. but oh well wont be the last time...

so its the spring loaded type...which way is what??? to tighten the nut (move it in) does it increase lift?? or does loosening (turning it out)

one of these days, i think ill just get a bayco or the like...but in the mean time...oh and my gauge is out of wack sooo that doesnt help..

i do it by ear, by the drain on the motor and when it opens...

 

[KevinD]

clockwise, tighten, more lift

 

[Desk Jockey]

so its the spring loaded type...which way is what??? to tighten the nut (move it in) does it increase lift?? or does loosening (turning it out)

........ummmm Doug look at the vac gauge. Ivebeensold

Yep, I agree.....you're a moron!



Sorry there Douglas! :mrgreen:

 

[Larry Cobb]

Doug;

You need an accurate guage to set the vac relief.

Blowers are too expensive to guess on.

Larry

 

[ascrubabove]

clockwise, tighten, more lift

Like he said!

Don't you have a lift guage on your tm?

 

[floorguy]

nice to know everyone reads the WHOLE post

oh and my gauge is out of wack sooo that doesnt help..

 

[Desk Jockey]

I read it I just thought you were kidding about the ear thing. You were...weren't you? :shock:

You must have the cleanest ears in the industry!

 

[Mike Draper]

Hey Dougie, Aero Tech makes the best Vac relief valve. If you want a bayco, I have one. Its all yours.

 

[highsteam]

I would get a vacuum gauge. That way you can set up the lift. If its too tight you can break the belts too, in case your machine use them.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Any automotive vac gauge will work fine, other than perhaps being typically smaller.

 

[Jim Martin]

I carry one of these...

when I had the Vortex I would pull the vac relief apart and clean it...but to set it back you can not see the panel so I would just hook a hose and stand in the back of the truck and adjust it to where I wanted it...

not something you use that much...but handy to have around when you need it.........

 

[Duane Oxley]

All vacuum reliefs are "the spring type".

 

[ruff]

I am always amazed at the level of equipment people here carry to service their machines and their know how.
Amazing.

I guess I should thank the lord (preferably the universe) that companies like HydraMaster and Butler exist.

They allow the mechanically retards, like me, whose only tool is the on and off switch key, to stay in business and actually thrive.

Thank you HydraButler

 

[floorguy]

Hey Dougie, Aero Tech makes the best Vac relief valve. If you want a bayco, I have one. Its all yours.

holy chit...you are alive :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

still got my pressure gauge !gotcha! !gotcha! !gotcha!

 

[Lee Stockwell]

A caution with the above Marshalltown gauge: You will peg it at 12"Hg (~160"h2O)

A few years (or decades) ago that gauge was all the rage in comparing portables.

"That" number seemed to be the only thing that mattered. I think the boards finally got some to see that cfm was important too.

 

[Nate The Great]

so its the spring loaded type...which way is what??? to tighten the nut (move it in) does it increase lift?? or does loosening (turning it out)

........ummmm Doug look at the vac gauge. Ivebeensold

Yep, I agree.....you're a moron!



Sorry there Douglas! :mrgreen:

I concur!!!

 

[Mike Draper]

holy chit...you are alive :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

still got my pressure gauge !gotcha! !gotcha! !gotcha!

yes, It makes a hell of a door stop. I'm sure it doesn't work any more

 

[Jim Martin]

A caution with the above Marshalltown gauge: You will peg it at 12"Hg (~160"h2O)

A few years (or decades) ago that gauge was all the rage in comparing portables.

"That" number seemed to be the only thing that mattered. I think the boards finally got some to see that cfm was important too.

I just pulled a picture so you get the idea..they sell all types with different levels.....

 

[floorguy]

so here is an example...


while running, 100' of hose, no tool

Shut off :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

think my gauge is outa whack???

 

[bob vawter]

funny how those vac reliefs wear out and ya don even KNOW IT!
you'd prolly be surprised if you even take one apart......
look at the difference between an old one and the new SS ones
that i made.......

 

[floorguy]

those are nice....problem is...its built into the T....welcome to prochem world


ohhh plus thats to show ya that the gauge is jacked up....why would i get a reading with the machine off?? !dork! !dork! !dork! !dork! !dork! !dork!

 

[Able 1]

Gauge might have froze, well at least up in the northern states... The gauge is shit just replace it if you want. Both of mine on my back up froze last year, I might just replace my pressure gauge..