If you are using the flat end of the plug and not the pipe end (hopefullyPVC Arsenal 17 wrote:my piston was going to be a plug, so the diameters are exactly the same.Modderxtrordanare wrote:A 1.5" piston will work sealing against 1.5" pipe. (My piston was a 1.5" cap, so it's a little bigger and thats why it works.)PVC Arsenal 17 wrote:So a 1.5" piston sealing against a 1.5" pipe is fine? Or should I step down the pipe to 1.25"?
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Yeah. I'm using a DURA brand plug. They have the "wall" on the opposite end as the hex. So I chop the hex off, bolt on a piece of rubber, and I have a piston.
As long as they can be the same diameter I'm good to go. Thanks guys.
As long as they can be the same diameter I'm good to go. Thanks guys.
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