Lawngenie sprinkler. Help...

[Torch]

I ordered a lawngenie valve from homedepot.com and damnit I got the wrong one! Seems to have a guide rod-


and the lid-

I cant find a way to mod around it at all. If anyone has modded this type of valve before please tell how you did it.. Thanks

[SpudStuff]

pull out the guide rod with a pair of pliers. stick it in the hole in the diaphram. bend ends into L shapes to hold it in. trim if nessessary

[Torch]

Really? Hmm...Would it be ok to let it hit the bottom of the valve? Just wanna make sure cause I wont have the cash for a new one for a while.

[carlbelcher]

You don't need the guide rod. Just pull it out and leave the hole in the diaphragm. The diaphragm need an equalization hole anyway.

[SpudStuff]

the hole without the rod is bigger then the port in a blogun

[carlbelcher]

I've never modified a lawngenie valve but on my orbit mod I just remove the guide rod and it works just great. the hole on orbits is less then 1/16" in diameter but that might be smaller than the holes on lawngenies.

Torch you should post a close up of the diaphragm.

[Torch]

Just finished modding it by bending the rod into a L shape and adding the blowgun, seems to hold water ok so it should work with air. Thanks for the help.

[rna_duelers]

I modded one with a guide rod,i rmeoved the guide rod and filled the hole with epoxy,after it dried and hardend i heated a needle till it was red hot and pushed it through the epoxy so there was a small hole instead fot the large hole form the guide rod,and it worked well.