hobospyder Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Since the Ancient times, the men knew how to regulate water, either with stones or branches and trunks from the trees. Egyptians, Greeks and other cultures were able to drive the water from rivers and fountains for public use or irrigation. valvula romana tipo plugBut the Romans were the real developers of canal systems. They bring water form fountains and rivers to the villages, sometimes at long distances and saving important obstacles by means of aqueducts. The valves were plug or stopcock type, made in bronze, nowadays ASTM B-67. This material was well known by the master of the "Collegia Fabrorum". It was rich in lead, no cracked, anti-corrosive, ductile, able to weld to the pipes of bronze or lead and good friction properties which facilitated the rotation of the plug. The parts of the valve were a body, a holed plug, a bottom, and a long levy for turning the plug. Sometimes a pin was forced with a hammer into the valve, and then the plug could turn but not be removed. That was a way to avoid taking out the plug for defrauding water which seemed to be a widespread practice at these times as some holes found in the inlet of the valves. At several Mediterranean towns were found small valves, all of them had similar design, such as in Rabat, Djemila, Istambul, Avarches, Augusta (where there was also found butterfly valves as taps) and Naples (were the plugs were cylindric). Romans used a primitive diaphragm valve, made of crude leather that was manually closed over a weir, to control flow and temperature of household bath water. There is also evidence of the use of angular valves, mixing valves and also check valves for avoiding back flow. The funny thing is the spelling and sentence structure is so bad,, i have reason to believe this write up was done in a collaboration between Paradime and Jrock :rofl: :rofl: not what I meant but I have been schooled 3 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk1sO4aC6uI I should've just searched blue hands. Silly me. Thanks redeye 2 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 came home with too much energy and motivation so i broke my truck....... 1 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 by pulling the rear window. hippy got me thinking and is willing to aid in the effort to install the flex thru and after doing that i figured since i would be mixing up some soapy water i might as well make it a little more worth my while and pulled the pillar vents got curious and looked down the holes that's the beginning of a hive if you look close enough at the second one put a gasket on the flex thru ala datsunlandsocal who is hopefully peacefully enjoying his next life. got a full set a couple years ago off ebay and put the old gasket from the flex thru onto the original glass and then put the original in my office and the flex thru in little miss' bed for tomorrow and got to thinking. i have these rusty nutclips and screws and this stuff which i've recently heard a good review of. says 1-12 hours, sadly 1 hour was not enough. will return to them tomorrow and try again while waiting for the hour to elapse and bedtime to get closer i decided to take the windows i got from rick and tint them to kinda match the flex thru. (just had to go through my photofukit to figure out who i got them from, been a year). they aren't perfect but for having been done on my living room floor with the aid of mom, they're good enough for now, can get another set professionally done later (or try again myself later, practice makes perfect right?) set them in the guest room to relax for the night and most of tomorrow, don't know when i'll get to install them, but they're almost ready. 2 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Thank you redeye, i am tremendously grateful for your help today the hippy did most of the work on the flex thru by pulling the string and making sure it was seating properly, i just sat in the bed and pushed as instructed but it's in. door windows went in without a hitch and when the doors get replaced with non cancerous doors i will use the original glass tinted (hopefully i do a better job the second time around on them). but as i was going around cleaning all the glass on little miss i started messing with my drivers side mirror to try to tighten it down and broke it. so, after payday i guess i'll be searching for one of those. passenger side is stuck on for now (will play with more later) otherwise i would swap that one over to drivers side but no such luck. for another day i guess. 3 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 suspension needs new bushings, possibly new springs/struts though they're still working after 43 years so nothing drastic engine build (been planning just need to find the funds)/ 5 speed swap (have reported good tranny out of toolbox) replace rear window with levan when paint paint/body work/weather seals steering (king pin, front bearings, replace anything that needs it, clean/paint things that don't need replaced) reupholster seat/swap for zcar seats in my closet headlights (ordered the dapper lighting) clean up exterior lights, possibly swap to led (193 for all lights) led interior lights. floors/interior paint (possibly carpet)/sound proofing exhaust (2 1/4 or 2 1/2) bedliner ebrakes figure out rear side marker lights 1 Link to comment
mcordero8 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 That looks tits. Keep up the good work! 1 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 thanks mcordero. trying to get stuff done while i have energy. and kinda want to take something different to blue lake than what i took to canby. no other running datsuns that are registered and insured so it's time to get some work done and on that note, got the radio into the center console properly so all buttons and dials and toggles work. had to modify the stock bezel to bring the face of the deck forward some though.... i'll let the pictures tell the tale..... started by just sanding (melting) back the lip but that wasn't good enough so i took a cut wheel to it and yeah, that worked great. so, next step in that process is do some measuring and see if i need a different bench or not 1 Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Whew. That was a long read. I had no clue you had a thread about this here. 2 things I noticed: 1. Someone actually got a picture of me at Canby 2015. 2. Your rotors are all on the wrong sides. Enjoi. 2 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 oh, the one with you driving little miss? i think that's one of the few, didn't i get one as well? and yeah, i noticed with one of the rears but they sent me two with the same pattern and ordered them like a year and a half before i put them on so nothing i can do. doesn't keep them from stopping me. also looked into that before installing, as long as the fin things on the inside are pointed in the right direction (made sure they were straight and not curved or whatever) it's all good Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Slots should be opposite of direction. You know, because racecar. https://www.google.com/search?q=direction+of+slotted+rotors&oq=directuon+of+slott&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l2.6095j0j4&client=ms-android-motorola&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 1 Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Thank you redeye, i am tremendously grateful for your help today No problem, was pretty easyish after mine :lol: I need to get some glass tools. 2 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 No problem, was pretty easyish after mine :lol: I need to get some glass tools. you keep doing them yeah. 1 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Slots should be opposite of direction. You know, because racecar. https://www.google.com/search?q=direction+of+slotted+rotors&oq=directuon+of+slott&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l2.6095j0j4&client=ms-android-motorola&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 still seeing it depends on the internal vanes and the slots don't actually matter. My brakes are fine 1 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 drove her to work today, was able to open the flexthru on the way home. get a decent breeze with the fresh air vents open but not quite enough to keep it cold enough in the cab. open the drivers window and get a really nice breeze to the back of the head instead of wind blowing in my ear. definitely like it 2 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Drove to work, bank, memos and back home. She did wonderful in all the traffic and ran into a couple vw buddies while at lunch so she got compliments on the rear window as well 1 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Made some minor progress on the shop floor this week Got to looking at it and the whole floor needs to be floated before the epoxy goes down or all the imperfections are going to bug me. Will see if I have extra this next paycheck for a good trowel and some concrete to do this with. Eyeballing labor day weekend at this point as I'll have a 3 day. Picture I took at the bank since I thought my head looked huge in the little screen And a couple pictures the lady took at the last hoboland bbq 3 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 not what i need to be spending money on right now but these showed up today thank you charlie i proceeded to bust out the elbow grease and metal polish and polished one while conversing with mom will eventually go on little miss as i work on her visual aspects. when she's painted and as i get money/time for they will be straightened (maybe) and rechromed 5 Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hobo those cleaned up pretty good. I am happy you are happy! Enjoy. 2 Link to comment
mcordero8 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Those are going to look nice on that ass. 3 Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Well, there went my bumpers... 2 Link to comment
Sastis Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 not what i need to be spending money on right now but these showed up today thank you charlie i proceeded to bust out the elbow grease and metal polish and polished one while conversing with mom will eventually go on little miss as i work on her visual aspects. when she's painted and as i get money/time for they will be straightened (maybe) and rechromed very nice hobospyder, can I come in person and molest it in person 2 Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hobo those cleaned up pretty good. I am happy you are happy! Enjoy. only had enough elbow grease for one. Will get the other one soon, hopefully manage to install too. 1 Link to comment
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