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Old 01-19-2007, 12:43 PM   #12
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Update

I finally got the parts to continue on with the mods. It is very hard to find ABS parts anymore, my nephew who works in the plumbing field told me is because it's inferior to PVC, but seeing as the housing of the SCWD is ABS that is what I wanted to use.

Being the Dumbass I am, I forgot to take pics of the fitting before I hacked it up. I put the pieces back together to show you what it looked like when I got it.

This is a 2" Street Cleanout.

The bottom removed.

After cutting the bottom off, there will be a lip that needs to be removed along with some of the threaded area to fit over the SCWD's body. if you look close you can see the area I bored out with a Drum Sander for a Dremel Tool.

I have read about the "Drums" catching on "Mold Flashing " on some models causing them to break, so I sanded any high spots on the inside of the SCWD. You can also see in this pic I removed the excess material used to glue the 2 halves of the body together above the outlets so the Cleanout can fit over it.

This pic shows the SCWD dry fit with a cap in place. If you are happy with the performance of the unit without any other mods, you will just need to glue the "Cleanout" to the body of the SCWD and wrap some Teflon Tape to the cap and you now have a SCWD that can be disassembled for cleaning and maintenance.

The next step for me is to drill out the outlets and add the 2nd inlet on the cap. I'm not sure if I want to drill the stock inlet as I think it might allow water to bypass the "Impellor" that makes it work.

I also plan to add some "Bracing" to the drum, as I can see it being the weak link to the unit.

Stay tuned,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Same SCWD time, Same SCWD channel.
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