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Old 07-16-2018, 05:25 AM   #1
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Default Zoo Mfg. Co.

The subject of reverse flushing few months ago. This has been in our shop
since the 1930's . These really work excellent. Somebody here wanted a
pic so here it is. If you come across one of these buy it.. sam
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Old 07-16-2018, 05:41 AM   #2
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My dad made one out of a sand blasting gun. There are separate shuyoffs for the water and air. I let the block fill up and then hit the air button blowing the water out of the block.
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I have 2, work great, if you take a 3' long piece of straight hose it will toss a "bucket" of water on someone 20 feet away
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I have the KR Wilson version of this. I haven't used it yet, but understand they work pretty well.
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The shop at the dairy I worked in after I got out of the service had one. We used it a bunch. I found one a couple of years ago at a swap meet. Had to tell the guy what it was. I think I paid 10 bucks for it. Never know when it will come in handy.
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Nifty setup the tool. Never knew they existed. I have always run a water hose and the nozzle of my air line in the bottom of the radiator, and stuff rags around them. Full water flow with sporadic gusts of pressurized air really does the trick.
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Can someone please explain to me in detail how this tool works? I get the basic idea but I'm interested to know more.
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Can someone please explain to me in detail how this tool works? I get the basic idea but I'm interested to know more.
Water goes through it, via a hose connection and then it also hooks up to a compressor. The air pushes the water through under high pressure. The combination of water under pressure clears out gunk that just compressed air or normal water pressure won't.
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Water goes through it, via a hose connection and then it also hooks up to a compressor. The air pushes the water through under high pressure. The combination of water under pressure clears out gunk that just compressed air or normal water pressure won't.
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