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Old 11th August 2014, 20:08   #11
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Here's an image of Gerry's handy work in stainless, fitted to my previous car.


Yeah, that's a bit more like it...
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Old 11th August 2014, 20:13   #12
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I recently spoke to a Blacksmith in North Allerton about making a couple of these up as samples. He knew the severity of the situation, his wedding is spot on but he said the piece would need to be pressure tested.

I'll have another chat with him next week to see if he has any further thoughts.
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I recently spoke to a Blacksmith in North Allerton about making a couple of these up as samples. He knew the severity of the situation, his wedding is spot on but he said the piece would need to be pressure tested.

I'll have another chat with him next week to see if he has any further thoughts.
Thanks Paul, I'd definitely be interested.. Please let me know how you get on with him - I know you'll know if he does a good job or not.
Cheers, Karl.
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Thanks Paul, I'd definitely be interested.. Please let me know how you get on with him - I know you'll know if he does a good job or not.
Cheers, Karl.
He took me up to his shop on the back of a Suzuki Bandit, change of underpants at the end of the journey.

Like I say, I'll speak with him next week.
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Old 11th August 2014, 20:29   #15
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He took me up to his shop on the back of a Suzuki Bandit, change of underpants at the end of the journey.

Like I say, I'll speak with him next week.
If it was a Hyabusa it would have been much worse...Have a look on youtube...Mini Hyabusa, it's a green Mini..
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Old 11th August 2014, 21:22   #16
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Hi Peter,
Could you (or anyone else with the know-how...) be encouraged to produce 1 or 2 of these?
I have seen images of the stainless steel Gerry T-piece (RIP), which looks to be of a much higher quality than these S.A ones...
I would definitely be interested in 1 manufactured by a conscientious forum member and I'm sure there would be a few others too...
Or is not financially viable without the volumes?
Cheers, Karl.
Unfortunately I do not have access to the materials and equipment to do these as my employer now farms all fabrication work out apart from extreme emergency...

If you can produce a sketch showing pipe schedules, lengths and offsets I can have one priced up by our fabricators who are top guys...
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Old 11th August 2014, 21:39   #17
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I see those Spencer Ashley ones are going for £29.
As a one off item, that's dirt cheap, same as for a very small batch; especially when you add beaded ends.

I'd guess there wouldn't be much difference in price for a SS version, but it's just more difficult to work with, as it eats cutting tools in comparison to Ally.

I was contemplating calling a friend of mine who worked a few years in the brewery industry with me, to see if he'd fancy knocking out a batch, as he's normally quite partial to a "foreigner"

But tbh, I don't think he'd be interested at that sort of money
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Old 11th August 2014, 22:17   #18
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I made one for my 1.8t out of mildsteel and mig welded it myself,at the time I didnt know alternatives were available but having seen the item in question I'm glad I didn't buy one although the Gerry(rip)t piece looks very good indeed
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Old 11th August 2014, 22:37   #19
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Fitted many of Gerry's ..............they were absolutely spot on.

Surprised Rimmers haven't got some made?
They make the KV6 front lower heater pipes in stainless
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The chickens have come home to roost with that particular one.

I personally would stick with the plastic original, I replaced mine with the Gerry Tee, four years back, and contrary to popular belief, the one I was supplied with was fabricated in mild steel and painted silver.

Imagine my annoyance after draining and flushing the cooling system to find the silver paint washing around in my fresh antifreeze.
More annoyingly so when I had to subsequently remove the tee, cut off the turbo stub and manufacture a one which came out at the correct angle and length and weld it to the tee myself.

The moral of the story is here, after six years of service, the original plastic item was perfectly serviceable, and the replacement was certainly far from it.

I won't be bothering for my next turbocharged K-Series

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