Failed winterizing: what to look for?

[edwardc]

Great news! Glad it worked out for the better!

That was a clever idea with the bicycle tube. That solution never occured to me. I bought a replacement automotive tire stem at a car parts store, used an xacto knife to carve off the rubber "mushroom" part of the stem, and clamped the remaining ruber-sheathed stem into a piece of coolant hose.

[ndutton]

Gents,

This is available for under 10 bucks at Home Depot in the plumbing department. Add a hose barb or a nipple and you're in business.

[tenders]

I will definitely buy that the next time I forget to close that %^}#{!! valve when winterizing. My concern is that if I have a nice device like that at the ready, I may not be so careful.

Now, to get cracking on my rotten core so Caleb and I can compare notes....

[CalebD]

Nice work Tenders!
I've also got to do that pressure test of our cooling passages.

[lat 64]

Yea, good work. I voted "useful post"
It shows how to do it without much investment and has good sequence of photos. Others will benefit from this thread I'm sure

Russ

[sastanley]

pressure-testing-mania

Since tenders bumped this thread in another post....I was able to find a schrader valve on one end and an NPT fitting on the other end for like $3. This particular one pictured below is just a sample from Amazon.com with a 1/4" NPT. I would assume places like McMaster Carr would also stock these types of items.

This is just another alternative, but I really like Neil's do-hickey...I think we are getting a Home Depot down here in the sticks, in like, 2018 or something..maybe.