e3pres
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I took my inspiration from this thread:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16427
My grandfather bought a stainless steel wash basin at a salvage sale back in the early 1970's with full intentions of building a parts washer. Well, as of a couple of months ago, this thing had sat forgotten in a storage building behind his house. I mentioned the need for a parts washer, so he pulled the basin out and gave it to me. I had a HF cart sitting around that I wasn't using and I had bought a couple of surplus air tanks for small CH compressors at a salvage yard for another project. I flipped the top of the HF cart so I had a flat surface, attacked it with the air shears and mounted the sink on top. Then I mounted the tank on the bottom shelf, added some galvanized fittings, regulator, and an old piece of air hose and a spray tip.
The air pressurizes the tank, this forces the fluid into the old air hose. The flow is controlled with the spray tip. When you are finished cleaning, the air valve is closed, the excess pressure is bled off, and the drain valve is opened. I need to add another valve on the backside of the regulator to bleed pressure faster and provide a vent so the drain doesn't puke.
The tank isn't huge, but it will fit a SBC intake, and that's about the biggest thing I ever clean like this, so it suits my needs.
Oh yeah, I need to buy a couple of bolts for the handle. HF QC being what it is, they forgot to include enough fasteners.
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http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16427
My grandfather bought a stainless steel wash basin at a salvage sale back in the early 1970's with full intentions of building a parts washer. Well, as of a couple of months ago, this thing had sat forgotten in a storage building behind his house. I mentioned the need for a parts washer, so he pulled the basin out and gave it to me. I had a HF cart sitting around that I wasn't using and I had bought a couple of surplus air tanks for small CH compressors at a salvage yard for another project. I flipped the top of the HF cart so I had a flat surface, attacked it with the air shears and mounted the sink on top. Then I mounted the tank on the bottom shelf, added some galvanized fittings, regulator, and an old piece of air hose and a spray tip.
The air pressurizes the tank, this forces the fluid into the old air hose. The flow is controlled with the spray tip. When you are finished cleaning, the air valve is closed, the excess pressure is bled off, and the drain valve is opened. I need to add another valve on the backside of the regulator to bleed pressure faster and provide a vent so the drain doesn't puke.
The tank isn't huge, but it will fit a SBC intake, and that's about the biggest thing I ever clean like this, so it suits my needs.
Oh yeah, I need to buy a couple of bolts for the handle. HF QC being what it is, they forgot to include enough fasteners.
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