today on repairs101 we’re going to takecare of something that i’ve been putting off for a long time. you might remember froman earlier video of mine this leaky elbow here. and we’re going to change this leakingelbow here that i discovered way back in one of the very first videos i made. i never seemto run out of things to fix around here. so i’ve already turned off the water andi’ve let the system drain by opening a faucet
snake for drains home depot, at the lowest point and letting all the waterrun out through that and then to speed that up, of course, i went up to the highest pointand opened a valve up there to let the air chase all the water out.the challenge here, as i see it, is that this elbow is of course attached to this pipe thatis going straight up and that is inaccessible.
and this end of this pipe coming this wayis tied into this tee which makes it also inaccessible. you’ll see that when i unscrewthis end of this pipe, this end of this pipe get driven deeper into this valve. and thereinlies your problem in reassembly. the real problem of course is figuring out exactlyhow to put this back together again. taking it apart is easy, i’m just going to cutit with my reciprocating saw right here. if i can i’m going to rebuild this valve righthere and if i can’t i have a replacement for it.i got some of these great “sharkbite†quick connectors. i got something called “sharkbitesâ€.definitely worth the price for the time you save in making connections. i got them at“home depot†and they go together real
quick so we’re going to use those.be sure to wear hearing protection and eye protection as i’m doing. [sawing][pops] oh yeah. there it goes. [bangs] whoo! alright, there we go. that’s tricky. oki got it. [torching][groans] oh man that was hard. yeah i used to have this foreman who wouldsay “it doesn’t matter how strong you are, it’s all in the funny noises you makeâ€.alright, i got it. [sizzles] it’s still very hot. you can almost hear it sizzle – well i can hear it sizzling, i don’t know if you can hear it sizzling.there you go. stem valve, just like the ones in my earlier video and there you go, we’lljust change the bushing on that real quick
and i can put those back in service. ok here’swhat a really bad looking valve bushing looks like, it’s completely dried out and it’sgoing to take quite a bit of digging to remove it. take it apart, clean it out, put in anew bushing and reuse it. new valve like this is about seven or eight dollars canadian.one of these valve bushings is only a few cents. i’m just going to drop that in there.then spin the pipe out. clean up these threads. make sure you’rewearing your eye protection when you do this kind of work.now this is the point in the repair where a lot of guys will reach for their teflontape or silicone tape. i was trained not to use this stuff. as far as sealing pipes goi use pipe sealant. here’s “oatey†brand,
and that’s what i use is “pipe-dopeâ€;“pipe joint compoundâ€. now the reason is because mechanics have to consider thatin fuel systems, the teflon tape breaks down and it enters the fuel system and then itcan get into things like the fuel injectors and plug them up and cost you a lot of money.i’m just going to slip in the sharkbite now, got the threads on that all doped up,there we go. there we go. cut your pipes using a pipe cutter like thisone, don’t kid yourself about a hacksaw. you’re not going to be able to cut themsquare using a hacksaw. this is the only tool for the job.there we go. after you’ve cut it you want to ream the burrs out of the end, that’swhat that little triangle sticking out of
your pipe-cutter is for. it’s to ream theburrs out. so you want to do that. make sure it’s nice and smooth and clean. ok i’lljust clean up the end with some sandpaper. make sure it’s nice. nice and clean andready to go into those shark-bites. that one’s good, this one… i’ll give it a reaming.and we’re nice and clean, ready to go in. so the last stage is make the connection betweenthe two. now you’re going to make a one
inch deep connection into these shark bitesuntil you hear a click and there it is right there. now this side. ok bam, that one’sdone too. and that’s what it looks like. pretty good, eh? pretty quick, pretty easy,pretty good. no leaks. i like that part.
