[Alberg30] attaching exhaust hose

[chrishardy]

I think this should be in the maintenance manual. this technique has 
helped me in all my mechanical projects. So much so that my grown boys 
are now using it.

Mike Lehman wrote:

>You need to talk to the parts while installing them. I've been known to make
>up words. The phrases usually involve your mother, or certain unspoken acts
>and in some cases impossible situations.all seem to help but don't make the
>job any quicker or easier.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "R.C. Alley" <ralley at chesapeake.net>
>To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
>Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:04 PM
>Subject: Re: [Alberg30] attaching exhaust hose
>
>
>>George: While I like Bob's answer better, I think that you will find that
>>the rubber exhaust hose is temperature sensitive--more flexible when warm.
>>In a pinch, I have stretched rubber hose as much as .12 inch by boiling
>>
>the
>
>>end of the hose before sliding it on.  Grease the metal fitting--it
>>
>doesn't
>
>>matter. This also works with sanitation hose, which, as you know, is not
>>rubber. It helps to have a small dull knife--like a table knife--with the
>>blade greased to ease edges and lips.  A large and colorful vocabulary is
>>also useful, in as many different languages as possible.
>>
>>Rob
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "George Dinwiddie" <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org>
>>To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>;
>><atomic4-list at sailnet.net>
>>Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 6:18 PM
>>Subject: [Alberg30] attaching exhaust hose
>>
>>
>>>My exhaust pipe is 1-1/4" standard iron pipe, culminating in a piece of
>>>1-1/4" bronze nipple with a bronze water injection pipe brazed into the
>>>side at an angle.  According to
>>>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mjvanvoorhis/t103.htm 1-1/4"
>>>pipe has an O.D. of 1.660", which corresponds pretty well to my own
>>>measurements (a shade over 1-19/32").
>>>
>>>I'm trying to put a piece of 1-1/2" I.D. hose over this.  It looks as if
>>>the last time I did so, I cut the inner lining on the end of the pipe
>>>and allowed hot water and exhaust to get between the layers of the hose.
>>>  This has caused premature deterioration of the hose.
>>>
>>>The problem is that this is a long way to stretch a hose.  The inlet to
>>>the muffler is only about 1-17/32" O.D. and the fit is not difficult.
>>>I'm worried about using any sort of lubricant, here, for fear that it
>>>will never seal well.  I've wondered if using a slightly cheaper exhaust
>>>hose (this is Shields premium hose, with the blue & green stripe down
>>>the side and spiral wire reinforcement) might stretch a little easier
>>>and last longer than mistreated expensive hose.
>>>
>>>So, I thought I'd ask the collective wisdom.
>>>
>>>  - George
>>>
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>>>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>   Hope your road is a long one.                        George Dinwiddie
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>>>
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