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  1. 04-27-2022, 09:01 AM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by mike1 View Post
    yeah i dont get them either one guy at the yard i had my copper in the same container it was ac tubes and wire i thought he would sperate it like the other guy did but he ripped me and game me #2 which the other guy gave me #1 for tubes and seperated my stuff and was helpful the other guy was just rude=( at least i only got him once=) the other guy i had 4 times but he got fired for embezelment=( then i got a new guy he was nice and helpful hope i get him all the time=) im curious has anyone ever gotten a woman scale person?
    At one of the yards I go, I even had a 5 months pregnant woman as scale person / buyer. Weird.

    Also, is there a way to separate the brass screw from the cheap plastic pipe that go to the valves and the spout? I unscrewed everything, but it looks like the last thing is a plastic tube is inserted in a hollow brass screw part each side and it won't move if I turn the brass part with pliers or a pipe wrench. If I try to pull on the plastic part, I think that it will break apart instead of moving out of the brass tube.

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  2. 04-28-2022, 06:06 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by CopperMiner View Post
    At one of the yards I go, I even had a 5 months pregnant woman as scale person / buyer. Weird.

    Also, is there a way to separate the brass screw from the cheap plastic pipe that go to the valves and the spout? I unscrewed everything, but it looks like the last thing is a plastic tube is inserted in a hollow brass screw part each side and it won't move if I turn the brass part with pliers or a pipe wrench. If I try to pull on the plastic part, I think that it will break apart instead of moving out of the brass tube.
    Could you post a picture ?

    Without better information ... it sounds like a friction fit. They drove a plastic pipe into the inside of a brass pipe ? The plastic pipe is just a little bit bigger on the outside than the inside of the brass part ?

    If that's the case .... cut one or two slits with a 1/16" cutting wheel mounted to an angle grinder. You make a lengthwise cut on the brass and then pry it open a little with a flat head screwdriver. That breaks the bind and the plastic part falls out.

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