Anybody ever modded this?

[mopherman]

Does it work well? Run into any problems during the mod?
sry linker was messing me up
http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN ... 16&pos=n10

[frankrede]

bad link, wish I could help

[Hotwired]

You can't post homedepot links. It will always revert to the index page.

I hate websites like that.

Tell us what to search for in the search box

[mopherman]

Lawn Genie
1 In. In-Line Valve without Flow Control (Female Thread)
Model 54004

[Hotwired]

Right, you mean this valve: http://www.homedepot.com/cmc_upload/HDU ... 2344_4.jpg

It looks perfectly moddable.

[mopherman]

what ime worried about is if it has a guide rod or not

[Hotwired]

Yank out the solenoid and stuff a threaded fitting in there then.

[mopherman]

wouldnt the soleniod hole be the wrong size? sry ive never modded before

[Hotwired]

No. You make sure you use the right size threaded fitting.

Heres a guide from spudtech:

http://forums.spudtech.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12043

[mopherman]

cant veiw it, need account

copy and past it to here if you can. thanks

[Hotwired]

Tsk...

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[br]i just bought a 3/4 inch rainbird sprinkler valve and i bougha nipple to connect it to my gun. out of curiosity i screwed it into the solnoid port, and it fix perfectly. i was thinking you could drill i diagnal hole in the soleniod port in towards where the diapram is. then screw in a 3/4 inch street elbow, then a reducer bushing to 1/4 and inch and then screw in a nipplle and finally the blow gun

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I havn't had a chance to work on any of my projects for a while, between school and crew. I wanted to be able to mod sprinkler valve without epoxy, because its a bitch to work with. i used two different sized screws wrapped in tefflon tape to seal the holes that would usually be plugged with epoxy. Like i said before, i plan to widen the hole leading from the pilot to the solenoid port. im either going to screw in a 1/2 inch street elbow, or use copper compression fittings

It also looks alot cleaner.

[mopherman]

ok thanks ill give that a try if i find that my valve does have a guide rod

[frankrede]

I have found that simply adding a blowgun there doesn't work.
You have to plug the center hole with something. There is two ports in where you screw in your solenoid, the other is often overlooked.

Heres what a poster on that thread says


"You could do that, but you still would have to cover the hole in the middle of the solenoid port or else the vale will stay open. Basically all this is doing is relocating the position of the hole for the blowgun. Of course, this design is a lot stronger than drilling into the top of the valve"

Maybe a tiny scrwew with a bot of teflon on it.

[mopherman]

If i can, im just going to mod it like the modding thred says so, I wish there were some way to find if it has a guide rod before you buy it...

[mark.f]

You can modify a lawn genie, you just need a high enough flow blowgun. OR, just cover HALF the guide rod hole with epoxy. Leave a tiny opening for equalization. My first valve was a 3/4" lawn genie.