05-11-2017, 10:23 AM
Totally off topic, but I have had one HELLUVA time pressure washing my decks and privacy fence this year. First, my pressure washer (a rather old Generac, but it has the indestructible Honda 5 HP motor) started making an awful racket about half way through the job.....I added a little motor honey to the pump, and it carried on for a bit, then the thing had problems staying running. Unbeknownst to me, the pump was hand-grenading before my eyes. So, I get it fired back up, and just keep my finger on the trigger (in the middle of this, the wand springs a massive leak, and I have to stop and take it apart, plumber tape the fittings and reassemble) when it starts making an awful racket and smoking out of the pump. Cashed.
So, my neighbor has the exact same pressure washer. He lets me borrow his. I get about half way through the remaining half of the job, when the manifold that bolts to the back of the pump, where the hoses connect, starts spewing like a geyser. WTF?!?! I start looking at it, and realize some O rings are blown out, and two bolts are sheared off. He's out of town, so I can't ask him anything about it....but I'm thinking someone has worked on it before and sheared the bolts off, because how in the hell would this happen just using the damn thing, right? So, I get my O ring kits out, and find some that will fit, and put it back together. Works about 30 minutes, blows again. By now, as you can imagine....about a week into a four/five hour job, I'm pissed. So, I take the pump head off my old washer, clean out all of the metal shavings and bearings from the blown pump, and bolt it onto his because it has the necessary holes to use all of the bolts for the manifold. I get down to the last section of fence and the lattice under my pool deck, and I'll be damned if that ***** thing didn't shear off two bolts that connected the pump head/valve body to the pump and blew that sumbitch off! Needless to say, I have TWO new pumps on the way, and the job still isn't finished.
Rant over.....
So, my neighbor has the exact same pressure washer. He lets me borrow his. I get about half way through the remaining half of the job, when the manifold that bolts to the back of the pump, where the hoses connect, starts spewing like a geyser. WTF?!?! I start looking at it, and realize some O rings are blown out, and two bolts are sheared off. He's out of town, so I can't ask him anything about it....but I'm thinking someone has worked on it before and sheared the bolts off, because how in the hell would this happen just using the damn thing, right? So, I get my O ring kits out, and find some that will fit, and put it back together. Works about 30 minutes, blows again. By now, as you can imagine....about a week into a four/five hour job, I'm pissed. So, I take the pump head off my old washer, clean out all of the metal shavings and bearings from the blown pump, and bolt it onto his because it has the necessary holes to use all of the bolts for the manifold. I get down to the last section of fence and the lattice under my pool deck, and I'll be damned if that ***** thing didn't shear off two bolts that connected the pump head/valve body to the pump and blew that sumbitch off! Needless to say, I have TWO new pumps on the way, and the job still isn't finished.
Rant over.....
"Better send those refunds..."
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