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Just make your own tester. It is so easy it is child
Posted by
AzHeat
on November 15, 2006 at 4:38 PM
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My Zcon souvenir... ~25% Leakdown! :)
posted by CaliguyPurdue
on November 15, 2006 at 11:55 AM
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s play. All you need is a compression tester and some extra hose attachments. Very simple. No need for two guages or extra a regulator. You air tank should already have a regulator .
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My Zcon souvenir... ~25% Leakdown! :)
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CaliguyPurdue
11:55:32 11/15/06
What brand tester did you use? (n/m)
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my91z
12:03:39 11/15/06
Harbor Freight ;) (n/m)
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CaliguyPurdue
12:08:08 11/15/06
Did you read my post yesterday? (link) >>
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my91z
12:16:23 11/15/06
Actually, I ran up against the EXACT same problem.
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CaliguyPurdue
13:19:48 11/15/06
Yup >>
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my91z
13:27:58 11/15/06
More info
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my91z
13:36:04 11/15/06
The reason they use two guages with a separate regulator
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AzHeat
11:27:25 11/16/06
Even more info
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my91z
13:45:14 11/15/06
Final info
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my91z
14:48:01 11/15/06
Awesome leg work there! I agree with your
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CaliguyPurdue
16:10:44 11/15/06
Cool, hope it works as it should. >>
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my91z
16:22:44 11/15/06
The 0-100psi guage i got this afternoon worked great...
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CaliguyPurdue
02:56:43 11/16/06
Here is how to size the orifice correctly >>
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my91z
12:44:42 11/16/06
Thanks that's good info...
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CaliguyPurdue
14:35:03 11/16/06
For a Purdue Engineer you sound clueless. (n/m)
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AzHeat
17:52:00 11/16/06
Hey Orfice man that link has nothing to do with
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AzHeat
17:50:21 11/16/06
did you do it right?
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aliaZ
12:47:09 11/15/06
Besides the gauge shenanigans, it was as close to
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CaliguyPurdue
13:22:01 11/15/06
That only applies to #1 cylinder. You sound like
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AzHeat
18:33:42 11/15/06
Mmkay...
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CaliguyPurdue
03:02:01 11/16/06
Did you ever hear the story of how NASA
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AzHeat
14:01:16 11/16/06
Good for them. Small price to pay for data security...
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CaliguyPurdue
14:30:34 11/16/06
Not if you use a N0.2 pencil. $1 million back
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AzHeat
17:43:56 11/16/06
1M really doesn't go that far in the aerospace industry.
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CaliguyPurdue
19:59:45 11/16/06
In the 1960's it does. (n/m)
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AzHeat
20:33:45 11/16/06
Just make your own tester. It is so easy it is child -
AzHeat
16:38:17 11/15/06
I try not to fab things i can easily buy... ID rather spend
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CaliguyPurdue
18:20:46 11/15/06
Yea, sounds like it. You can have easily have
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AzHeat
18:29:48 11/15/06
What crawled up your Az??? (n/m)
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CaliguyPurdue
02:52:46 11/16/06
He's a moron, please ignore him.
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Kenny
09:24:01 11/16/06
Kenny, if you have nothing to contribute STFU
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AzHeat
11:10:54 11/16/06
lol, thus proving my point. (n/m)
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Kenny
11:22:15 11/16/06
exactly, STFU and stick that in your tail pipe and drive it (n/m)
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AzHeat
11:29:03 11/16/06
I'm sorry about what your parents did to you, but don't...
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Kenny
13:55:59 11/16/06
I'm sorry your dad didn't pull out. (n/m)
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AzHeat
14:09:19 11/16/06
Its ok his dad is almost done... go to a happy place. (n/m)
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CaliguyPurdue
14:36:16 11/16/06
So you are an engineer who went to Purdue and
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AzHeat
17:46:27 11/16/06
I did and Purdue is. Please post your resume...
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CaliguyPurdue
19:54:52 11/16/06
I have empirical experience . I created my own
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AzHeat
20:40:30 11/16/06
I trust empirical as well as long as the rationale is
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CaliguyPurdue
03:30:36 11/17/06
The regulator on my compressor is the exact same regulator
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AzHeat
12:19:16 11/17/06
Here is why the commerical use two guages and regulator
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AzHeat
11:30:40 11/16/06
False
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my91z
09:13:33 11/16/06
Meaningless? If there is no leak I get 100psi .
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AzHeat
11:09:39 11/16/06
Again, clueless. You need the orifice to measure the
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my91z
11:48:42 11/16/06
You can't figure out a harbor freight tester and you
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AzHeat
11:55:41 11/16/06
Mister Mechanical and aero space engineeer
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AzHeat
17:59:17 11/16/06
Here's the correct way to fabricate a DIY leakdown tester >>
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my91z
09:16:19 11/16/06
The orfice is built into the pressure guage itself.
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AzHeat
11:07:01 11/16/06
You have no clue. Air does not flow through a pressure gauge
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my91z
11:46:00 11/16/06
Hey Pressure guage measures pressure via an orfice.
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AzHeat
11:53:04 11/16/06
Mechanical pressure guages do not regulate the
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CaliguyPurdue
20:04:06 11/16/06
You are right, the orfice which is included does that (n/m)
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AzHeat
20:41:30 11/16/06
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