Moving on (sort of)
Posted by:
ianc (IP Logged)
Date: September 12, 2010 01:28AM
I think I may have the boiler swaged successfully. I had to hit the drift a lot harder than I was advised (my boiler has 5/8" OD tubes) , but it holds 800 psi of water, and I've fired it several times and taken it out and it runs fine. At least until yesterday, when I drove into the local gas station (burner off) and filled the tank. Not long after, it wouldn't fire properly. Tried everything. Sudden thought: I filled the tank using the driver's side filler, but dipped the tank using the passenger's side filler. Guess what? Two tanks. As my car doesn't use the pilot burner, I hadn't thought of that. Duhhh. This is becoming a steep learning curve.