I found the use of child labor refreshing.

@paulodeoliveira3368

7 жыл бұрын

Nah it's actually Tony as he was at 10 but fixing today's faucet. Totally just really good time machine engineering. Look at his "Metric Unicorn horns" 0:56. Just saying.

@ThisOldTony

7 жыл бұрын

hahah

@chuckturner6984

6 жыл бұрын

This Old Tony I want to see what's in the "stuff that k fenner 'lost'" drawer. That could be interesting, (or embarrassing for fenner.) lol

@74KU

6 жыл бұрын

puhlease, any good tradie uses their kids like unpaid apprentices for the shit work all the time.

@gary851

6 жыл бұрын

Ye good o'l times. Orphans and factories.

Love your vids. I was the quality manager for a faucet shop for many years. We made millions of ceramic valves. Your conclusions are pretty spot on. The flatness of those disks are measured using optical flats to about 1/2 of a wavelength of a certain kind of light (can't recall what that light color was). I've watched the ceramics be made & lapped. It's amazing and very, very process specific. You won't be able to purchase the compounds used. However, I also did substantial life cycle testing on plates like this... the plates simply will not wear. We even put particles of sand & iron through them... they are brittle as heck (no shock, no strain) but nothing in your potable water will damage these. If you have a leaking ceramic faucet it will either be a failed seal or a loss of compression. I suppose a bad install could crack a valve or the valve body. That usually shows up soon after install. I think you bought yourself some decent time with your cleaning / seal flipping (not the kind they do in the arctic).

@yamahantx7005

4 жыл бұрын

I'll bet that wavelength was 632.8nm (a HeNe laser). It's the most common laser used in interferometry for measuring flatness. The optics we use are usually spec'd between 1/4 wave and 1/20 wave (at 632.8nm). 1/2 wave would be a no go for the work I do. But in this case, 300nm (or 0.3um) seems flat enough.

@weldersandblaster

4 жыл бұрын

@LowJack187 I loved that seal flip video. Now you have me thinking how far can I launch my neighbors tiny loud dog?

@anonymousgeorge4321

4 жыл бұрын

@LowJack187 Wow!

@sma11

4 жыл бұрын

Do you remember the compound used for lapping ceramic valves? I would assume diamond but it's not always the best abrasive for every situation. Thanks for the info 👍👌

@ControlledWrinkles

4 жыл бұрын

@@weldersandblaster Just feed it a really small squeaky toy with a diamond inside, like in the movie "Snatch".

Hey Tony! Commercial Plumber here. You did a great job with that faucet. The seals and springs below the valve body are called "springs & seats" (we plumbers are an imaginative bunch) and were more than likely causing your leaky faucet, and "stretching" the springs is only a temporary fix. They are usually inexpensive, and are normally in stock at your local plumbing supply house. Disassembling the valve body was a brave move, and made for some interesting content, but was probably unnecessary. The scoring on the ceramic plates looked about normal for a 10 year old faucet. It's caused primarily by the abrasive iron and calcium deposits in your water supply passing. It should be mentioned that the pressure changes when the faucet is opened or closed can cause cavitation (on a very small scale) which will erode the surface of the plates over time (same reason container ships propellers need to be polished and repaired by underwater welders), causing them to appear dull over time.

@JGilbertMetal

Жыл бұрын

I got a $350 invoice for "consultation" just for reading this comment

You certainly look a lot younger than you sound. ;)

@rmay000

7 жыл бұрын

this might be the funniest comment on youtube :D

@lorenzo42p

6 жыл бұрын

is Tony the kid from that one cowboy bebop episode, where spike shoots the kid with a magic crystal?

@graemebrumfitt6668

5 жыл бұрын

Poptart McJelly… that's where the Tot comes into the equation. G :)

@Shroommduke

5 жыл бұрын

...Maybe he's fixing the Fountain of Youth!

@NavinBetamax

4 жыл бұрын

WHAT ? No Safety Eye Wear ?..........

The use of the air coupling as a hex tool made me so happy. I love that kind of ingenuity.

@irondiver292

5 жыл бұрын

Peter Charlton another go to: Use a hex bolt head of the right size. Then double nut the thread and turn with a wrench or impact. This also works when you need a large Allen wrench.

@abadran8174

4 жыл бұрын

@@irondiver292 nice! but of course it wouldn't work for the application in this video as it needs to be hollow. but for the other application really nice!

@BeachBum88m

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was brilliant, definitely got an audible "No waaay!" out of me.

I worked in a hardware store for my first job that specialized in plumbing. Those little seals that sit underneath in sinks that use cartridges are the most commonly replaced part. I don't have any sort of evidence or insight as to what goes wrong with these things, but I can say that in almost all cases when someone came in with a leaking faucet that used those cup seals, once they were replaced the leaking stopped. I probably saw 4 customers a week go out the door with those seals for replacement and do not remember a single instance of anyone coming back in saying they didn't work. That's all anecdotal so it as such but I figured I'd throw in my 2 cents

@WhirlybirdFlyer

5 жыл бұрын

I am a Plumber down here in Florida. That is a common point of failure that we deal with. Generally replacing the rubber seals and using a tiny bit of silicone based O-ring grease for lubrication is the best fix.

@gus473

4 жыл бұрын

@@WhirlybirdFlyer Agree! "Mineral rich" water makes the condition worse, and that's the usual fix...! 😎

@conesillyvalley7182

4 жыл бұрын

Such anecdotal (aka empirical) experience (aka data) is a great tool in high-tech manufacturing, service, maintenance industry anywhere from fridge to fighter planes.

@stanburton6224

4 жыл бұрын

It is the chlorine in the water. It eats up the nitrile rubber and that is why they leak.

@skygh

3 жыл бұрын

Peerless and Delta use those bottom seals and are easily obtainable.100% sure that was the leak source. I've sold hundreds of those spring and seal kits commonly available everywhere.

What kind of abomination is a micro-inch

@android01978

5 жыл бұрын

Never seen one (with the naked eye), but I'd imagine about 1/1000th a milli-inch. Seems I'm about 7 months late with this joke.

@user-vz7mu4su9n

5 жыл бұрын

@@android01978 exactly, or in every day language about 5.55x10^-8 ancient Egyptian cubits.

@DanBowkley

5 жыл бұрын

I think it roughly equals one femto light-second, give or take.

@catnium

5 жыл бұрын

its a lil bigger than a nano-inch about 27 times bigger

@myselfremade

5 жыл бұрын

@@android01978 Only about 583 microyears late.

Nice job! My inlaws have high end sculpted looking super modern bath and kitchen plumbing hardware and all of them need specialized tools and knowledge to attempt any kind of repairs. His sink faucet was so complex and in frustration he asks me to look at it and after 10 minutes I am equally stumped and decide to check KZread and sure enough there was at least 4 videos about his specific issue and it was only through watch the videos that we figured out how to get the damn thing apart and fixed. Germans make some amazing plumbing apparatus but quite maddening too. I know traditional style faucets may look boring, but I'll take them any day

@texasdeeslinglead2401

6 жыл бұрын

traderjoes grohe?

@taxicabyellow

5 жыл бұрын

traderjoes I had to replace the cartridge in my fathers moen single handle shower... 45 seconds later🤫 straight to KZread.

@stanleydenning

5 жыл бұрын

German engineering is very strange. I think it's from the reverse engineering they did on UFO's in the 50's. Or, maybe, they are the E.T."s themselves. LOL

@ParRagon-

5 жыл бұрын

@@stanleydenning german and 50's and UFO? xD Sure enough Aliens have to bath or wash their Hands too. Wouldnt you think that a being capable of cruisin through Space wouldnt have a better solution to this? To not have that amount of water in their ships? :D same goes for the crashes in the USA.

@f.d.6667

5 жыл бұрын

Hrmpf... I'm German and I am buying Chinese faucets now b/c I get the cartridges on eBay for around 10 bucks. ... And then we have this one, fancy single US-made KOHLER mixer that drives us (and the plumbing guy crazy) and that requires an EUR 76,98 cartridge every two years... ;-)

That music will be stuck in my head all day. Thank you.

I was told once by my plumber that it looked like I blew a seal. I assured him that I am only attracted to walruses.

LMAO!!!! I dunno how you keep coming up with all the fresh humor Tony but it's hilarious. Machinery's Handbook handy in the bathroom for study periods, funny as hell graph, Keith Fenners lost and found, hens teeth and metric unicorn horns, and probably more I missed. Funniest shite on YT for sure. .0066% dislikes against the likes, I wonder who in there lives feels sorry enough for them to help start up there computer every day. Life time rated ceramic valves? In dog life spans maybe. Nice fix tho. The ceramic faces look good enough, probably the rubber seals that are the most likely problem from what I can see. 2-10 year fix is my guess.

@Dadams206

7 жыл бұрын

Check out the label on the pick at 2:21

@rolliebca

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dadams206 Good spotting David! Does this qualify as subliminal suggesting?

Those cup washers are the culprit I'm sure. Usually the hot one goes first as the rubber softens with heat and gets a small nic in it. They look like the same as any delta faucet readily available in sets with the springs.

@spacemanrick2014

7 жыл бұрын

Eric Allen I second that. Those look like the Delta/Peerless cup washers and springs. Those were initially used with sliding parts gliding over them, either a ball or a flat surface. They were originally marketed as "washer-less faucets," as they did not use a rotating bib style washer that would turn and compress to seal. Not only does hot water soften them, but chlorine and possibly ammonia (if your water is chloriminated instead of chlorinated) harden and shrink the seals over time. The red seal inside the cartridge is usually more durable against chlorine and ammonia. On ceramic valve faucets, more often it is the rubber seals that fail, as they usually what compress the two disc together.

@larry527az3

7 жыл бұрын

I agree and third that. Any decent plumbing center (Ace Hardware for me) will have replacements, take your old ones down and have them match them up for ya.

@daveh9755

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. It's the Delta washers. But you need to spend the extra two dollars to get the real Delta washers and springs, the Chinese ones last less than a year and the conical springs are slightly too short.

@jTempVids

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The rubber cups are normally the issue most of the time.

@jasonpatterson8091

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed with the above, but also, if you don't have a source for the washers handy and they're not too bad, you can clean the scale off of them and exercise them a bit and they'll usually reseal. It gives you at least several months to get new ones without the DRIP DRIP DRIP mentioned at the beginning of the video.

Absolutely love your editing Tony, keep these videos coming.

Two videos in one day? It's an October 16th miracle!

I just love all the details you put in your videos

"Hen's Teeth" "stuff keith fenner lost" lol Nice helper you got there !

@OldePhart

7 жыл бұрын

I missed the Keith Fenner drawer - had to watch again.

@ericwolf5874

7 жыл бұрын

🔥Ramsey Customs - turbocobra and the "metric unicorn horns"

@Mishn0

7 жыл бұрын

Metric Unicorn horns are easy, it's the left hand thread Unicorn horns that are hard to find.

@WhereWhatHuh

7 жыл бұрын

I thought unicorn horns were only SAE/ANSI.

@nicolasduguay4

7 жыл бұрын

Ah ha! Good one!

I really love your editing man, keep up the great work :)

Where do you get your Hen's Teeth? My supplier doesn't carry them any more.

@InsideAlan

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Regan bottom shelf next to the tartan paint.

@Goodwithwood69

7 жыл бұрын

Next to the sky hook.

@Goodwithwood69

7 жыл бұрын

And the long stand!

@peterdickinson1936

7 жыл бұрын

I switched to rocking horse poo. Not a perfect replacement but, ya know, any vice in a storm.

@ThisOldTony

7 жыл бұрын

Grow my own hens. When they're the right age I punch them in the mouth.

I need to find the time to watch more of your videos. I'm always impressed on so many levels.

I like how your kid has been on these videos from so young on. He's going to be a handy repairman with his homethings when he grows up, even if it's not sparking an interest in actually becoming professional or hobbyist in machining and stuff. I hope it will, but future is hard to see. My dad let me help with pc repair and other stuff he did from younger than most would, and those are really fond memories.

I'm in for the same fix this weekend. Just as soon as somebody gets the bathroom clean enough for youtube I'll get started.

This Old Home Improvement!

Always enjoy your commentary. Concise & well thought out.

I think this is the first video I ever watched on KZread that wasn't a calculus tutorial for college. I was trying to fix a faucet at the time. Now, in 2019, I'm a helpless TOT, AVE, and Abom79 addict. Thanks for that Tony. No really, I like having my life slowly sucked away by moving pictures. I'll send you a bill. Also, if you send that ceramic valve into Moen, they will send you a new one free of charge.

You were able to upload two videos in a day because of child labor, right?

@ThisOldTony

7 жыл бұрын

i laughed way too hard at that.

@537331208

6 жыл бұрын

Nothing beats some help from This Little Tony!

@user-neo71665

6 жыл бұрын

with tvs all coming with remotes these days what else do you feed them for?

@vividhmariya8566

5 жыл бұрын

@@537331208 This young Tony (gone Sexual) (not clickbait)

@catnium

5 жыл бұрын

no because of his lathe time machine ofc

two videos in one day!? love it! :)

@Guds777

7 жыл бұрын

He did owe us for the last week...

You know, not many care to have the production quality you have in both your hardware AND videos. I sure am glad there's somebody out there that can make this kind of content :)

This video helped me with the repair of my kitchen faucet. those rubber cup seals worked great, i had to purchase them twice as the universal part (which for all the world look exactly like the factory part) didn't work. But the original equipment manufacturer part is working well months later. Thank you for this video.

"There's no labor like child labor"-- another great vid! T'anks!

2 videos in one day?! madness

@artemiasalina1860

7 жыл бұрын

Two burs with one bench stone... (I'll see myself out)

I actually did a similar fix on a run faucet that was leaking. It was most definitely the two "cup seals" and springs. That is what I replaced to repair the one I had to deal with. There are universal and brand specific replacements for the springs and cups at most local hardware stores. Great video though!! Keep em coming!

I love that you engage your kid with fixing stuf.

Now I've been looking for a set of sub-Scribes like those @ 2:21 for a long time!

I believe "should last forever" usually means 5 years, because after that, there's really no way you can force them to service or replace them. As opposed to 2 years that the normal stuff is supposed to break at.

I have a Delta Faucet in my shower and it had the same style springs and cup seals I replaced them with a new set from my local hardware store and it was good as new. Thanks for the great video!

Did anyone else notice the name on his scribe/pick? Great editing love the videos! And on the technical side of things, the seats that you found inside the faucet that sit on the bottom ceramic plate look to be standard delta/peerless spring seats very common and pretty cheap to get a couple sets.

Tony, I'm watching this in July 2019, how has the repair held up?

@abcqer555

4 жыл бұрын

Tony & Maxx, I'm watching this in 2020, how has the repair help up?

@oskimac

4 жыл бұрын

@@abcqer555 i think he asked that in a recently video. it is leaking again.

4 жыл бұрын

Tony, I'm watching this in June 2020, how has the repair held up?

@harrywhite1804

3 жыл бұрын

Tony, I'm watching this in July 2020, how has the repair held up?

@RickTheGeek

3 жыл бұрын

Tony, I’m watching in August 2020, how has the repair held up?

That feeling when you set the spring pre-load just right on your faucets.

Love the fact that you include your kid on your work! He will grow up to be like you! something that not many man can say about their kids...

I'll tell you what it did it gave that young man a good learning experience. Outstanding you have my respect! As for the spigot try turning the water pressure down a tad

Exceptional placement of child labor

@vincedibona4687

3 жыл бұрын

I like that one of my favorite channels watches another of my favorite channels even though they are pretty different.

1:35 fixing that faucet seems like child's play

Christmas came early this year - two videos by you in the same day :-) Great video, as always.

As always informative and entertaining, and I must say you do get around with the other youtube content providers.

I fix ceramic plate valves by polishing / cleaning the ceramic plates with regular toothpaste and printer paper. From my experience, it's just build up dirt and calcium which needs to be cleaned off.

Neat. The ceramic surface roughness reminds me of magic mirrors. In the far east when Christianity was banned, Christians began to carry secrete symbols with them to identify each other. On of these was a magic mirror. When you looked at it, it just appeared to be simple mundane mirror, maybe used for shaving our grooming of some sort. But, when you shined light on it and looked at the reflection it cast, it would be a religious image. How this worked was very fine deviations ground into the mirror so minor, you wouldn't notice them looking at it, but those small deviations reflect light at a different angle than the untouched parts, and that small angle causes a noticeable difference when projected many times a larger distance than the actual deviation. I think a Japanese company manufacturing platters for microchips utilizes this idea to measure uniformity on the platter surface. The shine a bright light onto the surface at a angle, and look at the projected reflection to see if it is smooth and uniform enough to use. You might be able to do this with those ceramic pieces if you have to take the valve apart again.

@user-po6hn9id1t

4 жыл бұрын

This is called "interferometry"

Dude... I love your humor. The video's are quite helpful too. Keep up the awesome work!

Wow, metric unicon horns, I was really looking for them for years - you got them! :) Cheers!

As a plumber... You're really making my head hurt!!!

So having just seen this four years later, was your fix long-lasting? I tried something similar with less complicated ceramic 1/4 turn valves here in the UK and the tap still dripped, but the good news was that the pair of replacement parts (separate hot and cold), were under £5 in total at my local hardware store. Loving the content by the way… and those storage drawer labels made me chuckle.

@gamemeister27

Жыл бұрын

It started leaking again eventually. He covered that in one of the pandemic videos I think

I've had similar problems in other ceramic valves, where it would start leaking after a year or so. The ceramic valve itself was still good, but the gasket that was in between the body and the valve assembly was not good enough. Adding another thin gasket in between fixed this. I've fixed three different sink valves this way.

Tony, Another spectacular video chocked with hilarious references and quality editing. The valve assembly looked entirely foreign until you made it to the "cup seals" & I'd wager that the repair was only marginally successful (by increasing the spring pressure). I'd further bet that replacing those seals would fix your problem. Let us know!

those look just like Delta or Peerless faucet seat washers, easy to find at any hardware store - you should replace those two seals.

... Tony Pause Video at 7:28 the parts landed ... ... Perfectly in your Palm ... ... Note the step at the end of the Springs ... ... Look at the bottom Rubber seal ... ... The difference in colour between ... ... 12 & 3 pm this is where the step in the spring ... ... was seated HOW 2 fix the Dripping tap ... ... Measure the internal Diameter ... ... Locate a A4 grade Stainless Steel Washer ... ... As near as dam that size ... ... Drop one in the rubber cup round edge down ... ... Flat side facing the spring ... ... No need to stretch the spring ... ... That will only make them dig in more ... ... If there is a small hole/tear at 3 pm forget it ... ... Re-assemble & your good to go ... ... Might only be a Temporary fix but ... ... But it has lasted 7 years on my Taps ... ... Yours Retired 3 score & 2 UK Plumber ...

@catnium

5 жыл бұрын

@@lvk104 i lost him at hole at 3 pm

@michaeldimmitt2188

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe he meant hole at 3 “AM” and not PM! Should switch to German 24hr time. Damn that metric system! So easy to forget where the decimal goes!!!

I give it a year.or two You're a hero for tackling a ceramic valve faucet successfully or at least very brave for attempting it in the first place. It doesn't look you have hard water in your area so maybe a trap or two for debris/particles in the water supply might prolong the life of these things. If you had hard water, maybe a water softener cartridge might help too as long as you ensured everyone knew the water coming out is no longer drinkable - I don't know if you would want to use it for brushing teeth etc., probably not if there are kids in the house.

Hot, cold, or mustard. Also really like that precision removal and installation tool you had on hand.

Lol, handbook in the bathroom vanity? Is that vanity a Gerstener or a Kennedy?

Wow you can make everything be interesting keep do what you do best (everything) haha

Took 30 minutes to watch this cause I was cracking up at the beginning, even the pick tools say SUBSCRIBE, I was cracking up Tony, thank you soooooooo much buddy, great stuff as always!

I loved the graph!!! Great video.

Always fun to watch someone who knows what he is doing do something he knows less well. Why is that?

0:22 "My drip rate isn't quite DEFCON 5" LLOL

Gotta love savin' a hundred bucks! Good job. Thanks for the video.

Your voice led me to believe you were much older, but looking at the video, you couldn't be more than 10 or 11 years old. Good for you little guy :) keep up the great videos.

Best music...ever :D

@rronaldreagan

7 жыл бұрын

amen

@sjem618

7 жыл бұрын

Shazam doesn't recognize it. :(

@ThisOldTony

7 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Fontanez "Cha Cappella"

@Dadams206

7 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the Bobby McFerrin song from Pixars 'Knick Knack' short.

@maxiheidenreich6976

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThisOldTony Thanks 👍

Twice in one day honey.. Guess who´s getting flowers tomorrow. ;)

I wonder if those two flat ceramic plates have worn in the center and left it looking dull, not flat and not sealing. I'm thinking of the same effect that occurs with two overlapping plates of glass rubbed together eventually wears the center and you get a parabolic shape...AKA Dobsonian telescope mirror making technique?

Tony, You're not fooling me a bit. I know you have the answers for everything, but you're just to coy to admit it. I really enjoy watching your videos.

Its now 25/2/2018 Has it leaked since you fixed it ??

@SideBurn12

5 жыл бұрын

The Workshop Mechanic It is now Sep 13, 2018. The tension is unbearable!

@aes2630

5 жыл бұрын

@@SideBurn12 3 days ago he said in a reply to another comment that it's still holding out

@SideBurn12

5 жыл бұрын

AES 2015 Ah ok, nice! Thanx bud :)

@itsyaboi5861

5 жыл бұрын

Its now oct 6, 2018...whats up with that seal

@lucturbide1551

5 жыл бұрын

I am here for the comments (and the update)

i love the music

@willd2609

6 жыл бұрын

Mikael Crouton yeah I really wanna know what it is

Your videos are an absolute treat!

Excellent choice with the music. Nice one Tony. Cheers!!

How long did your fix last Tony?

@ThisOldTony

6 жыл бұрын

still holding!

@Bin216

5 жыл бұрын

This Old Tony how about now, still holding?

@ThisOldTony

5 жыл бұрын

still good!

drawer label: "stuff keith fenner lost" LMFAO

The cup seals always are my problem with my faucet ! Love the video n editing

It's a good thing you didn't try to hone. I went at my valve from an RO spigot with some relatively rough SiC paper thinking that I could improve the sealing. Leak was increased a hundred fold. I bet your high viscosity grease did the trick. Cheers

$100? It would be cheaper to buy a new faucet. Including a valve. This is why the old fashioned types that used a grommet that cost 20cents to replace once every 6 months to a year.

@UncleKennysPlace

5 жыл бұрын

$100 wouldn't replace 1/3 of the cheapest faucet in my house. Good faucets are pricey.

@court2379

4 жыл бұрын

@Undefined Lastname agreed.

I'm running out of metric unicorn horns...

@thcoura

6 жыл бұрын

Andreas Hötzel Metric Unicorn are chosen by 9/16 technicians

I fixed a similar leaking faucet just keeping the cartridge one night in vinegar... but this video was nice to see! thank

wow did I just watch an 8 min faucet valve video and actually enjoy it!

I don't like these subliminal subscription messages in videos videos. Anyway, who wants a coke?

@shurt-cut8365

7 жыл бұрын

entemomohTV I think its double meaning because its a scribe and its a small one so sub-scribe

Build your own replacement faucet

@michaeldimmitt2188

4 жыл бұрын

1873Winchester & @This Old Tony YEAH! I loved the espresso pot fabrication and would love to see more not-your-typical-machine-shop-rush-order projects! Do you also work in plastic, styrofoam, paper mache or wood! I have so many projects where I know I could fix ‘em if I could just laser scan the broken/missing part then sneak into Fry’s/Conrad’s at night and access their 3D printers for the perfect fitting part! The wife would be so proud! And Mama too!

Funny, I was watching this random video about ceramic faucets, always wanted to know how they work, then at the end I noticed I was subscribed to the channel ! A little wtf moment...??? Then realised as I was playing at 2x speed I'd not automatically recognised your voice. (or checked who's video it was) Cool content as ever thanks :)

For 100 bucks it should be user serviceable!!!! The spring loaded cup seals always go though so its usually no big deal glad you got it fixed . I have been in this same place with the worn out seals .

The perks of being handy round the house...nagging from your woman :)

Hi mate. I bet it's of Italian design. If it's Italian it will cost twice as much to replace parts. Ask me how I know?!

@iamawatermelon9299

7 жыл бұрын

Marcel Timmers are you a Ferrari tech?

@marceltimmers1290

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry nah mate, I just had to deal with a few Italian appliances, that's why.

@Zeph_

7 жыл бұрын

you own alfa romeo?

@marceltimmers1290

7 жыл бұрын

What do mean.....? Spend a bit did you? and you might be quite lucky, depending on your location, they might be spreading salt on the roads at winter. I you want to see an Alfa disappear in a hurry go and drive one in north Europe.

@bohelsted7093

7 жыл бұрын

Marcel Timmers + The Alfasud was very popular here in Denmark, but they rusted faster than the speed of light - it was hillarious...

I had to repair a Danfoss tap a short while ago. That had similar spring seals. But, the valve was a ball type with a large seal. That was easy to repair.

I love the drip - urgency factor chart!!!

Ah yes the old HoneyDew list Honey do this, Honey do that!

Microinch? What is this abomination :O

@tommythenice6799

7 жыл бұрын

knowing the imperial system it could easily be 1/8 of a 12/12.5 of 32/5 of 123/321 of the surface of the moon divided by the past christmas!

@RyanTaylor-pi8gq

5 жыл бұрын

1 microinch = 37.4 km

nicely done on the "specialist" tool ;) worked a charm!

I absolutely love the subliminal subscribe parts

What do you mean "food grade teflon"

@Javafiendcuppajoe

5 жыл бұрын

www.rocol.com/products/ptfe-food-grade-grease

@Javafiendcuppajoe

5 жыл бұрын

www.hathawaystamps.com/tri-flow-lubricant

Can't you just buy a new faucet for $100?

@snaplash

4 жыл бұрын

A new faucet would be a low flow model, making hot water take 3 times longer to arrive.

@danc2014

4 жыл бұрын

Unless you know which insert restricts the flow and remove it :)

Greetings from Germany, great video as always. Much more entertaining than I suppose it should be. That's why I am watching. I give it a few weeks. Here in Europe we have a lot of hard water and I imagine calcium will deposit itself in there and give you headaches. I think you will need to polish the discs. Good luck though, I hope you get 10 years of use.

With luck a couple of years. I have had to fix a number of faucets around the house that had similar seals. I guess they are "better" than the old style you had to regrind the seat on they do seem very susceptible to any kind of grit in the water line and I have an old house. I usually get a year or two before disassembly and cleaning it all out is required. May try the hot vinegar next time also because we do get some mineral build up.

I see two problems. 1) Buying a stupid faucet like that. 2) Not replacing it the moment you walk into the room.

Love your channel. Bet this lasts at least five years. Keep up the good work and remember keep using your son. I have two, little older than you boy, Shaun is thirty one and Andrew twenty eight. I used to joke that my job was to give the a twisted and tourmented childhood.....lol. They both followed in my trade of Elecrical Contratracting / Engineering and we have the most wonderful relationship. Andrew and his wife live in my back yard (Granny Flat) and Shaun lives a few blocks away. Bet your son will keep close to you too.

Good fix Tony! I’m a Plumber/Gasfitter. Good job!

Two videos in one day? You're spoiling us.