MK5 Golf GTI
General => Detailing => Topic started by: VC on May 17, 2009, 06:14:09 pm
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Giving up on it now so thought i would put a post up here for ideas as autoperfection will be landing on my doorstep to detail 2 cars soon, so need to solve this
my house was built in the 70's and 2 years ago i moved in. the tap had an orange adaptor on it to allow me to click a hoselock hose end onto it and therefore meant i could wash the cars and buy a pressure washer.
well, the adaptor snapped.
the tap is a brass thing, not old, with a threaded end. i've been scouring for a new adaptor everywhere and nothing fits! i've bought almost everything from B&Q and Wyevale garden center and no joy, none of the adaptors, step ups or step downs etc will go on.
the closest i found was a 19mm one and that seems to be almost right but is just a fraction too small, almost as if it could do with being 19.5 or 20mm (a 21 is too big)
i know this is an odd question, but officially stumped now. currently suffering with a push-on-and-clamp-rubber-adaptor-piece-of-rubbish that sprays half the water up the wall and not down the hose
by some freak of nature has this happened to anyone else? am i just being dumb or do i need to get a plumber in to put me a new tap on?
:chicken:
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the offending beastie:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Faa104%2FverycherryR32%2Ftap.jpg&hash=d61d985580f3661e71f084ea359a41d8e6bc3347)
(and yes i know the brickwork needs repointing :smiley: perils of living on the coast)
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We've got a local company to us called Building and Plumbing supplies who do all that sort of stuff - we could pop in and see what they've got... if there's anything that looks like it might be right we could always pop it in the post for you to try?
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this is the trouble with living in an area without decent shops like that :ashamed: the views nice tho
i'm wondering wether its a metric/imperial issue?
i am worried you wont be able to use your gear
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Well we can pop into BPS and see what we can find - if there's something that fits then hey-presto, problem solved... if not though, we'll work something out for when we're down there :happy2:
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duct tape? :grin:
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19mm one and that seems to be almost right but is just a fraction too small, almost as if it could do with being 19.5 or 20mm (a 21 is too big)
19mm = 0.748 in
19.5mm = 0.767 in
You have a 3/4 inch tap.
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cheers dude, so adaptor wise what sort of size to i need to find? 3/4 inch? everything seems to get sold in mm's
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Something like this? clicky (http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-205-12-inchTo-34-inchTap-Adaptor-And-Reducer.html)
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Are you able to measure the width of the spout with a ruler or something?
I wonder whether the tap's changed dimensions being out in the kinda environment you're describing?
Anyway, I guess you already bout this? clicky (http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-205-12-inchTo-34-inchTap-Adaptor-And-Reducer.html)
(Edited the clicky)
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ooOOoo
to quote 08micsta.... "fabulous!" :grin:
out of stock tho, at least i know what i'm looking for now :happy2:
EDIT: off to measure the tap :chicken:
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^^^Updated the link as the b&q one had the thread on the outside, not the inside which is required.
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(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Faa104%2FverycherryR32%2Ftap2.jpg&hash=740a8f65a0594f06c4e11ae09e8fd2899dfbc2a9)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Faa104%2FverycherryR32%2Ftap3.jpg&hash=144b149a773960044e2d1a50ca89a86f08cbce62)
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I would take the tap off the base plate (leaving that in place & replace the tap (body)
does that make sense :confused: :confused:
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i does year, but if its an usual thread at one end it would suggest it would be at the base plate to meaning a new tap wouldnt go on, meaning a plumbing route. the previous adaptor was just a cheap bit of plastic, one of those would be a much more economical route
thanks for the idea though, it may well be the route i have to take
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(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Faa104%2FverycherryR32%2Ftap2.jpg&hash=740a8f65a0594f06c4e11ae09e8fd2899dfbc2a9)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Faa104%2FverycherryR32%2Ftap3.jpg&hash=144b149a773960044e2d1a50ca89a86f08cbce62)
Thats a 1/2 BSP thread it should measure 21.3mm o/d the hovelock adapter wil work fine. :happy2:
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i've been through all of the stock of hoselock in B&Q tho, i have a vast collection of adaptors now :laugh:
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not finding any joy online :fighting2:
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What about the adaptors that have a worm clip thing on it?
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whats a worm clip thing?
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whats a worm clip thing?
One of these things clicky (http://www.toolspot.co.uk/product/jubilee-type-tap-connector)
Has a worm drive/jubilee clip on it.
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ah
that's basically what i have on there at the moment dude, currently washes the wall for me when the tap comes on. Its because the tap spout is so short you have to really ram them on and they dont push on far enough before the bend in the tap happens so the water escapes thru the side via the kink created in the rubber.
i can only open the tap about 1/10th of fully on or it will just fly off. so 100% wont deal with pressure washers :ashamed:
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Hi mate,
I'm a plumber. If it were me I would buy a new tap. The backplate which is secured on the wall will 100% have a 1/2" BSP thread.
You'll need: A new tap, a roll of PTFE tap, a big spanner or pair of grips.
Turn water off.
Run tap until it stops.
Grab hold of the tap with spanner/grip and turn anticlockwise being carefull not to stress the adjoining pipework.
Remove tap.
Wrap PTFE around new tap thread CLOCKWISE approx 12 wraps (very important) trying to keep it reletively tight.
Run new tap onto the existing threaded back plate.
Tighten by hand, if need's be use grips to tighten, hardest part is trying to get the tap straight but tight enough, may take a few goes.
Makes sure tap is off and slowly turn water on check for leaks etc.
Must admit i've never seen an issue with those hosetail adaptors, maybe the thread is damaged although it looks fine, even so save messing around and change the tap IMO
HTH Sam
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WOW!
brilliant mate thankyou :jumpmove:
going to buy a new tap!
welcome to the forum by the way! excellent first post
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No prob's, just need to find myself a nice mk5 so I can stay for longer :driver: :jumpmove:
Gutted I just missed out on the one in the classifields! (neg's) :confused:
Sam