Shires up90 or up100 syphon

[Marvin.Martian]

Hi I am looking for either a shires up90 or up100 syphon.
Please reach out if you have one available new or used.
Many thanks

 

[Harvest Fields]

EBay?

 

[Marvin.Martian]

Nothing there - though I keep looking. Hoping someone here might have one from old stock, or come across one when removing an old suite.
As I understand it Shires folded some time ago.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Can I have a picture of the old one please.

 

[Gasmk1]

can you not use a different model ?

 

[Harvest Fields]

can you not use a different model ?

That’s why I have asked for a picture mate.

 

[Aire]

As above, could do with a pic but I also can't see why you need a specific shires syphon. Only reason I can think of is it's one of those toilet pans which requires a swirling action to syphon water out the pan. If that's the case then a standard syphon will do, you'll just need an air extractor as well.

Shires Bathrooms PRELUDE siphonic WC siphon & air extractor

 

[Marvin.Martian]

This is an image of the Shires up100, the up90 would be slightly shorter

 

[Ben-gee]

Try a Dudley turbo 11, they are narrow too.

 

[Marvin.Martian]

It's specifically the Shires I am after. Happy to get one which has been used if no one is in possession of a new old stock one.

 

[Ben-gee]

Why?

 

[Gasmk1]

This is an image of the Shires up100, the up90 would be slightly shorter
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you still hav'nt said why only a shires when others will do job, i think they wanted pictures of the cistern not the shires 100 as they kno wwhat they look like

 

[Marvin.Martian]

It's not going back into a cistern, the model type is important for what I want to use it for.

 

[Harvest Fields]

It's not going back into a cistern, the model type is important for what I want to use it for.

And what do you want to use it for?

 

[Ben-gee]

I can’t be arsed with this anymore. Why the cloak and dagger?

 

[Ben-gee]

Ah ha I think this is something to do with Star Wars, and these things have become valuable/expensive to the right person!

 

[Best]

Ah ha I think this is something to do with Star Wars, and these things have become valuable/expensive to the right person!

Sifo - Dyas

 

[Harvest Fields]

Ah ha I think this is something to do with Star Wars, and these things have become valuable/expensive to the right person!

What makes you think that mate.

 

[Ben-gee]

Just have a google, it’s part of some costume- the SW fans wet themselves for this type of thing.
Just a bit annoyed at OP’s disingenuity regarding purpose and value.
If they’d said “ hey guys you won’t believe this but I’ll pay £100+ for an old syphon as it’s part of a costume I’m trying to put together” we’d all be trawling through our scrap! Or even without the mention of money, as it’s a bit different to the usual requests.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Like this you mean?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Get one 3D printed.

 

[Best]

I might have one of those syphons.
I almost replied to the OP to say I have one I could post to them.
How much would it be worth??

 

[Ben-gee]

Yes that’s it! Apparently one with a little fin on the down leg is more desirable?!
Nice and clean over £100 I believe

 

[Marvin.Martian]

Yes I am looking for one of these for this pack. But prices mentioned above are only paid for by a very small number of people and we are talking 'worldwide' you see the pack shown is incredibly difficult to assemble using original parts and not much is known about many of the items on it either, which works against people actually assembling one in this way - if you're talking vintage camera flashes then it's a different story. So the reality is it is not that desired an item amongst the community more a nice to have. Most people who troop buy replica packs in full, some will try and update parts if they can find bits but wouldn't go out of their way to do so at the prices mentioned above. So yes it because of the Star Wars tag I didn't say why I wanted one, just look at the reaction, but the truth is just because it's something that was used by makers in Star Wars doesn't mean people will pay through the nose for one. How many requests have there been for one of these here up to now - not very many, if not none, from what I can see.
I am happy to look in my local reclamation yards from time to time and to visit ebay, but thought I'd ask here.
If someone has one and is willing to be realistic about selling one then please reach out.

 

[Gasmk1]

if you had just been honest in the first place you wouldnt have got many of the comments in the first place

 

[Marvin.Martian]

Do you get asked why you want to buy something when you look to buy something. Most of the time it doesn't happen? As soon as you say Star Wars look what happens. If your into this hobby it really becomes tiresome how people want to fleece you.

 

[Harvest Fields]

You could look at it the other way and say you wanted to buy one on the cheap to make a large profit on it?

 

[Marvin.Martian]

No simply looking to update kit parts. You can take a look at the Star Wars boards see how many people are out there offering them. No one - anyone asking about aquireing you will find its one, only me. Where is the Demand? Most who have one produce the kits. I don't have time space or facilities , nor inclination to get into that game.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Not saying that you do mate. It’s just an angle.

 

[Gasmk1]

Do you get asked why you want to buy something when you look to buy something. Most of the time it doesn't happen? As soon as you say Star Wars look what happens. If your into this hobby it really becomes tiresome how people want to fleece you.

no as i normally say want i want and why, this site is for plumbers and gas fitters/engineers the part you wanted is no longer made so when you ask for something thats why you were asked for photos and also told obsolete no longer in production, most of the guys here have no idea about cos play and dressing up as stormtroopers or darth vader. pretty sure if someone had had one and you said what it was for. you may well have been offered one for postage cost only. but you thought you would be clever and try surreptitiously to get one without letting on you might trick the old fuddy duddy plumbers into letting you have one.