HandyRandy
Oct 06, 2019Explorer
Blowout Adapter
It's that time of year again. It's supposed to be below freezing all day on Thursday. I needed blow out my daughter's truck camper, but it is not parked within hose length of my compressor so I needed to use an air tank. I have a blowout adapter with a Schader valve, but I've never had any luck with Schrader quick (dis)connects. They never seem to stay on without leaking air and I was alone for the project so no one to hold the air hose on the valve.
I have a bunch of air hose fittings and found an Orbit male hose repair part that worked perfectly. I tapped it with a 1/4" NPT tap. The threads weren't deep, but good enough for the air hose connector to bite in. I sealed the threads with JB Weld. The O-ring was to keep the JB Weld from oozing out before it set up.
I can't easily post the picture I took, but the Orbit part number is 106787 "5/8 Male Hose Mender". I found it at Home Depot.
Worked like a champ. I got it totally blown out with only one air tank refill.
I have a bunch of air hose fittings and found an Orbit male hose repair part that worked perfectly. I tapped it with a 1/4" NPT tap. The threads weren't deep, but good enough for the air hose connector to bite in. I sealed the threads with JB Weld. The O-ring was to keep the JB Weld from oozing out before it set up.
I can't easily post the picture I took, but the Orbit part number is 106787 "5/8 Male Hose Mender". I found it at Home Depot.
Worked like a champ. I got it totally blown out with only one air tank refill.