Build Thread 1978 Mercury Cyclone. The pig is in the pen.

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 2, 2019

xecute said:
The tail lights I like.

Only problem is people following you saying I have you now, skywalker....

As for the rest, yeah, It's all Politically Inept, isn't it?

It's the 5ame 5ame sh1+ dead flowers

I'll give you a daisy, a daisy.... even if they are dead.

But sometimes its better to hang out between the biggest parakeets in town.

That's why I like it here....

You lost me after "the tail lights I like".

You and Noobz, Dean.......

The replies that come out of both of are the most consistent causes for me to say:

Whaaaaaaaaa?

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 2, 2019

I've been reading up on the burst, and constant supply pressures that PVC, and CPVC can withstand. From what I'm reading, it's not excessive pressure that you have to worry about if you decided to plumb your compressor air line system system with it.
It's temperature related. As the temp drops below a certain degree, the stuff becomes way less flexible, even brittle as the temps drop more.

I don't think I'll have that problem. The garage gets the benefit of being part of the heated/cooled basement, ( As long as that heat pump thing is on, which it always is.) The old garage wasn't heated, and it had a non-insulated door. It would get pretty damn cold down there on a 20-30 degree day..the PVC line system down there failed a couple of times IIRC, one time as a result of not isolating the compressor vibration from the rigid line system. The other time I can't recall exactly, but I think it was at a joint.

I know that I'll have to go to HF and get a good filter drier ( if there is such a thing from HF), and to HD to get the CPVC stuff I'll need including some sort of flexible hose that can handle 200 psi to connect the compressor to the rigid line system. But I also know that that ain't happening on Sunday..Kate's back, and she's been out of town since last Sunday. If I do anything it'll be with her.

General karthief · Mar 2, 2019

The sun degrades the pvc too but you don't have to worry about that.

xecute · Mar 2, 2019

CarMichael Angelo said:
You lost me after "the tail lights I like".

You and Noobz, Dean.......

The replies that come out of both of are the most consistent causes for me to say:

Whaaaaaaaaa?

Well, last time I looked those Maverick tail lights had both a graticule and a central target area. In Starwars 1976, I guess old Darth's starfighter sequence where he tries to nab Skywalker, was George Lucas'inspiration from WW2 movies about dogfights, where pilots actually did adjust their gyro-based targeting computer.

Reddevil91 · Mar 2, 2019

Not sure why but saw this beast and it reminded me of your set ups.

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 2, 2019

Reddevil91 said:
Not sure why but saw this beast and it reminded me of your set ups.

I've always liked this car. its little more than a Fairmont with a baby Ltd front end grafted on. It's not easy, and his stock taillights are beautiful..( he has glued mirror tiles inside the housings, (the lights twinkle))
I don't know what he's done inside, I've never seen it.

95BlueStallion · Mar 2, 2019

CarMichael Angelo said:
I've always liked this car. its little more than a Fairmont with a baby Ltd front end grafted on. It's not easy, and his stock taillights are beautiful..( he has glued mirror tiles inside the housings, (the lights twinkle))
I don't know what he's done inside, I've never seen it.

Eh, clean stock four eye Mustang interior with a cage.

Davedacarpainter · Mar 3, 2019

Those tornadoes were pretty close to you Mike, you and Kate doing alright?

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 3, 2019

Davedacarpainter said:
Those tornadoes were pretty close to you Mike, you and Kate doing alright?

Thanks for asking Dave, but they were a hundred miles to the southeast of us.

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 4, 2019

Well add another 300.00 to the compressor purchase for lines and related stuff, and you have a complete system.

Something must be up with CPVC, because Home Depot stocked nothing in the way of fittings to use that stuff. I ended up going with standard ol' schedule 40 PVC. I bought (3) 10' sticks, and a buttload of fittings. Then, I went to HF, and bought their regulator/filter, and a combo filter dryer.
It is my intention to not run the air through the filter dryer all of the time, so I'm gonna split the air supply into two different paths, and use shut off valves to divert it one way or the other. 99% of the time, I'll just run the air through the regulator/ filter, and whenever I'm painting something, I'll route the air through the extra filter/dryer thingy.

Now I know that that seems like a lot of bullsht to go through just for the 1 percent of the time I may be painting something, and if I didn't have a paint project looming on the horizon, I wouldn't have gone through the extra money and headache to do this....
But I DO have a paint project looming ahead...and it only added 100 bucks to the project,.....So what the hell,...May as well do it...
Right?

The part where I can't wait to show is the "contraption" that is the air line manifold...35' of air line " boxed" into a 4'x3' space.
The line runs over and back a couple of times, and up and down a couple of times after that..with intersecting drain taps, all running into the traffic cop that routes the air this way and that,.......The freakin thing looks like a Dr. Suess musical instrument that any self respecting Who, living in Whoville would be proud to own...I believe that I've created a Rink dinky flu- fluter.

I've switched days off from Monday to Tuesday. I ran out of junk to finish the RDFF, so I'll have to postpone that particular picture till tomorrow.

KZGUNS · Mar 5, 2019

I used sched40 pvc for air lines at my old house. They worked great! I've heard of people using pex now, I might give that a try once i get motivated or annoyed pulling hoses around.

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 5, 2019

Well the Rink Dinky Floo Flooter is complete. 4 trips and about 360.00 later.

I'm in the process of breaking in the compressor as I write this...the thing has to run open for 20 minutes without being allowed to build any air pressure as per the instructions.
I have no idea as of yet if the RDFF will hold pressure..I'm kinda thinking I'll give it a few hours before I subject the thing to any pressure test though.

Air comes into the main regulator/filter from the left. The first shut off diverts the air around the second filter/dryer, the second ones prevents air from back pressuring the thing. That way I can run things like a DA, or die grinder without contaminating the dryer with excessive moisture. When I want to paint junk, I'll just open the valves and allow air to pass through..( at least I thought, I just realized that I needed a 3rd shutoff to keep the air from going around the dryer)
Oh well,...back to lowes I guess.

02 281 GT · Mar 5, 2019

You could just eliminate the PVC section above the regulator and filter/drier and throw an extra coupler on that first copper upright?

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 5, 2019

So, I go t

02 281 GT said:
You could just eliminate the PVC section above the regulator and filter/drier and throw an extra coupler on that first copper upright?

It's all screwed together brass. Too much of a pita to try and get it to fit all back together nicely besides,......see below.

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 5, 2019

Went to HD..bought what I thought would be needed to splice in the 3rd shut off valve. I get it home,...put it all together,and it's now too long to fit in the space I have.

Now I gotta go back,and another 1.5" to the output of the dryer so it'll fit.

BACK TO LOWES I GO!!!

02 281 GT · Mar 5, 2019

CarMichael Angelo said:
Went to HD..bought what I thought would be needed to splice in the 3rd shut off valve. I get it home,...put it all together,and it's now too long to fit in the space I have.

Now I gotta go back,and another 1.5" to the output of the dryer so it'll fit.

BACK TO LOWES I GO!!!

Do it twice, do it thrice. Path of least resistance notwithstanding, the system looks pretty good.

RaggedGT · Mar 5, 2019

I dig the braided line coming from the compressor

General karthief · Mar 6, 2019

All you had to do was move the valve from between the dryers to the vertical section for the straight air, the other valve would have prevented air passing through the two other dryers. Minor adjustment of some pvc and done.
i think
Yup, I definitely think
likely not often enough and I am not well equipped

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 6, 2019

NOW Its fixed.

I had to put it where it is. I could not replace the vertical brass as it is a set length. Adding the valve, and two short nipples would've been longer, but more importantly, the shut off handle wouldve hit, or interfered with the regulator.

General karthief · Mar 6, 2019

Now about that unpainted block back there?

Build Thread 1978 Mercury Cyclone. The pig is in the pen.

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

xecute

Eaten, greased and played with my balls

Reddevil91

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

95BlueStallion

My assy trans to myself

Davedacarpainter

Chicks can make things hard if they’re inspired...

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

KZGUNS

I can swing up to 11”

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

02 281 GT

Agreed...My wife has great Boobs

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

02 281 GT

Agreed...My wife has great Boobs

RaggedGT

Been here over a DECADE and still no CT

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

Build Thread 1978 Mercury Cyclone. The pig is in the pen.

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

Eaten, greased and played with my balls

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

My assy trans to myself

Chicks can make things hard if they’re inspired...

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

I can swing up to 11”

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

Agreed...My wife has great Boobs

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

Agreed...My wife has great Boobs

Been here over a DECADE and still no CT

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

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