kelbygreen wrote:I can get 1.5" at the scrap yard so if it works out cheaper I might as well use that, But getting the reducers and all might be a struggle why I have to see tomorrow
kelbygreen wrote:Ok picked up some pipe today.
got 1m of 3" and 1.5m of 1" for $36 :P. Now for the worst part getting the fittings
kelbygreen wrote:only just gotto get the solder to stick, its not happening. Might be the old pipe or the crap from the grain or something but I sanded it till it was bright on the pipe and inside the fitting and used flux but the solder is not getting sucked into the fitting, I read and watched videos that says to heat the fitting what I am but it is just forming a bead around the fitting and none is going into it. So as soon as I twist it or pull to the side it comes apart.
One joint stuck but the next one wont play the game I hope its the fitting as it sticks to the pipe heaps good, I have to heat the pipe to whip the solder off so I can clean it again.
Any tips? I got no new fittings to try with it. The pipe I got from the scrap yard looks brand new so thats a good sign I just wanna do this manifold to get used to soldering, I might have to buy new fittings and use them as its hard to clean inside them.
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