People do funny things

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Neighbour came over to me asking did I have a new junior hacksaw blade.
No problem, I give him a saw blade. He then said it was for his faulty all metal toilet syphon (over 60 years old) and he is going to try and repair it. I asked him if he was sure and he said he was going to try it.
Shortly he walked over to me with part of the syphon he had sawed off :smile:

 

[Chalked]

Nice one!
A mate of mine once cut down a plastic ball valve float to get it in a wc cistern. Then wondered why it wouldn't stop filling!

 

[REDSAW]

 

[Destroyer2813]

Nice one!
A mate of mine once cut down a plastic ball valve float to get it in a wc cistern. Then wondered why it wouldn't stop filling!

That's cheered me up straight away

 

[jonnyswamp]

Nice one!
A mate of mine once cut down a plastic ball valve float to get it in a wc cistern. Then wondered why it wouldn't stop filling!

Ha, that put a much needed smile on my face

 

[WaterTight]

Neighbour came over to me asking did I have a new junior hacksaw blade.
No problem, I give him a saw blade. He then said it was for his faulty all metal toilet syphon (over 60 years old) and he is going to try and repair it. I asked him if he was sure and he said he was going to try it.
Shortly he walked over to me with part of the syphon he had sawed off :smile:View attachment 26679

Did he explain his thinking behind this alteration? I'd enjoy hearing it.

 

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Did he explain his thinking behind this alteration? I'd enjoy hearing it.

Yes, he gave me a sort of answer to what he was attempting.
He is a bit of an engineer type, - smart in many ways and daft in many ways. :smile:
What he was doing was removing it so to take the shaft out and use filler on the body, that had worn a hole in it where shaft comes through, due to 60+ years of wear and tear. (Filler can't be seen on photo)
But instead of having entire syphon removed by slackening the nut holding the syphon below the low level cistern, - he turned it into a 2 part syphon by cutting it with a hacksaw.
I just had to slacken the nuts and remove the remaining bit and replaced it all with a modern basic syphon.

 

[WaterTight]

Love the fact that 60 yrs on it developed a hole in the body before the mechanism failed.