The best part about Kroil is its largely inoffensive smell, unlike PB
Blaster...
Would a gallon of white vinegar allowed to sit for an hour be worth doing? In
lantern land vinegar gets used to clean parts quite often. I upgraded to citric
acid, I can make it stronger and in the long run its cheaper too.
-Curt
On Monday, December 30, 2019, 1:00:29 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Kroil 1, water heater 0.
Old valve removed, new setup with brass fittings and ball valve in place. Now
draining into my front yard for some free landscape watering. Long time for 80
gallons of water to drain via gravity through a 3/4” garden hose. Then the
pulsing comes in to hopefully clear some of the scale out.
-D
> On Dec 30, 2019, at 12:53 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This reminds me, we're going to (finally!) replace the exhaust manifold on
> the Pisten Bully on Wednesday. Its cracked near the flange to the turbo and
> has been leaking the whole time I've been around the machine. Ben says the
> machine is noticeably down on power because of it. Oh and you need to run
> with the windows open all the time because the cab fills with exhaust. The
> "crack" is by now nearly 1/16" wide, its huge...
>
> I went down yesterday and soaked all the bolts in Kroil. The studs from the
> manifold to the turbo are a lost cause. The bolts into the engine don't look
> bad though. Fortunately the manifold comes with new studs.
>
> $1700 for the manifold direct from Pisten Bully. You might remember that this
> is an MB engine but the Pisten Bully tilts the turbo differently, we never
> could find an MB manifold that we could work with...
>
> -Curt
>
> On Monday, December 30, 2019, 11:47:40 AM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>
> Since most of the household is back to work today, I figured it would be a
> good time to do some maintenance on the hot water heater.
>
> A bit of a build-up:
>
> This (new) house was owned by a widow for probably 8 years after her husband
> (allegedly) offed himself. That’s a pretty bizarre story for another day.
> Anyway, as you might suspect, she was prone to get sucked in by contractors
> as well as not maintain things as one should. One of her early “misses” was
> installing a solar water heater system. She did this when we still lived
> across the street, so it was about 10 years ago at least. She pissed everyone
> in the neighborhood off, as she gave the contractor everyone’s contact
> information so they could come around and pitch their crap. That did not go
> over well.
>
> When she had the roof replaced a year ago she had the roofer remove the solar
> panel, yet they left the stub-ups for the water lines. WTF? So I’ve got a new
> roof with a couple of pipes sticking out of it about a foot, but again,
> that’s just another issue for the list that I keep…
>
> The water heater is really a glorified storage tank. It’s an 80 gallon
> American water heater with a closed loop that the solar panel’s water would
> circulate through. Funny, as when we moved in I heard this whirring sound in
> the garage. The circulating pump was still connected to the loop piping and
> running, despite everything being disconnected. Duh! Oh yeah - because it’s a
> solar storage tank, it’s only got one 4500W heating element in it, too.
> Great. 80 gallons of water and a 4500W heating element...
>
> I was sure the water heater had never been flushed, so I did my morning run
> to Home Despot/Lowe’s and got some brass parts to replace the usual crappy
> drain valves on most water heaters. 3/4” brass nipple, brass ball valve, hose
> adapter and a cap.
>
> I get home, turn power off to the heater, get the garden hose run out of the
> garage, open a couple of hot water faucets in the house and get ready to open
> the nylon/plastic drain valve.
>
> Nothing. Nada. Not a drip.
>
> Get the compressor and a spray gun with a rubber tip. Open the drain valve,
> hit it with 100 psi air, and BOOM! A huge blowout on my side. Water and
> probably a 1/2 cup of scale comes flying out of the drain and coats me. Nice,
> but progress.
>
> Nope. There’s so much scale in this thing it just clogs the valve right back
> up after I blow it clear.
>
> OK, so we’re going to play nasty, eh?
>
> Got out my spray can of Kroil and hosed down the joint between a nipple
> coming out of the tank and the nylon/plastic drain valve. I’m enjoying some
> lunch while the Kroil does it’s thing. I’ll go out shortly and see if I can
> turn the valve loose. Earlier attempts yielded no movement.
>
> This could get ugly.
>
> -D
>
>
>
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