Maybe been unlucky - Ive done a few and always come out in one piece.
A bit like closing the door after the horse has bolted I know, but I'd fit a system filter to remove any loose debris floating round
If it's a 17 year old Heatslave it will be fitted with a piston type diverter valve. This will have become jammed in the down position. There is a grey actuator head fitted which has a push button release - press this and the actuator twists off. Under this you will see a pin sticking up. I...
Common fault with these. Allow to cool, de-pressurise, slacken the nut but dont remove, use a hacksaw blade to remove all the traces of the old red fibre washer and wrap loctite 55 ptfe cord tightly several times around the gap, tighten the nut back up and job done! If you dont have loctite 55...
I appreciate the post is a few weeks old, but can you get the flange off the burner? If not and if it still won't budge, then I would dremel off the flange from the burner and fit a new flange
I have a Hilti and a Hitachi. The Hilti beats the Hitachi hands down in performance. Had a Bosch before which I bought second hand and was fine. You do get what you pay for.
For system water it doesn't really matter. It's not going to be constantly refreshing but you keep the same water in for ever until you come to do any work on the system. Always be sure to add inhibitor. If you constantly have to keep topping up, then it may cause a problem, but if that is...
You can put the plug back into the hole but of course firstly you need something in place to support it from underneath. Pass a short bar of wood through the hole and screw it on straddled across the hole from underneath so that the bottom of the plug has something to attach to. I usually just...
I have a Tornado branded one which I think is a Toolstation brand. Doesn't seem to be any different to Kopex. The main thing is to remember you replace wheels when blunt and keep them well oiled and occasionally solvent clean them to get rid of dust and debris. Even the best one won't perform...
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