Jeeezus H Christ I have never seen shit so hard to do. So far I have repaired 3 sprinklers. I say repaired. The first one went okay. The second one not so much. I removed the old broken housing and screwed on the new one. Turned on the valve and there is a flood coming out of the bottom of the one I just put on.
Turn off the valve, go to unscrew the new one and the damn plastic nipple decides to unravel. I get the sprinkler off but the damn plastic nipple is still screwed into the bottom with not enough sticking out to grab hold of.
And I can't find my extractor tool that's big enough to get out a 1/2" nipple. Fuck.
So I remove the remainder of the nipple from the pipe and find another nipple and sprinkler. Okay for now.
Sprinkler number 3. That one is busted all to hell so I grab it with my big channel lock pliers. It will not budge. No way no how. After about 15 minutes I go get my 10" crescent wrench and dig a hole big enough to use it. There was enough square place on the bottom I was able to break the thing free. Third one is done. And so am I.
Sheesh.
I've had the same broken nipple problem. A sharp chisel of the right size in the end of the piece and twist with pliers did it.
ReplyDeleteaint it fun ? being free to choose precisely how we spend the last few hours of our life in retiremrnt bliss?
ReplyDeleteaint if fun enjoying “white privlidge” and being
self reliant?
I’m 70 man. I aint mocking ya.
2 weeks ago my whole house water filter system joined tampon thimz team or sth. what a bloody, obnoxious mess! nd cheap pooh bear (see the jhin ping man) parts.
I’m in no hurry to leave, but jimminy crimminy!
what happened to 1950/1960s USA?!