Why is the S-10Forum.com Community Such Fucking HOMOS?

Edited: 12/14/2006 7:50:33 AM by HOLCOMBE347

Originally posted by IB2LOUD



Edited: 12/14/2006 6:08:38 AM by IB2LOUD

I'm guessing it was this thread

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=286969

if so, you were wrong, compressions are ok, but there is nothing wrong with DOT push in fittings, as long as you use them right

damn, they got crazy over something stupid...but i agree with that one guy, PTC fittings suck. they are good if your in a pinch with a blown line on the side of the road but no way will i ever use them for everything on my truck. i bought a train horn with a PTC fitting on it and it leaked, so that was that..put a compression fitting on it and all the problem went away. id rather spend the few extra minutes tightening down a compression fitting then just pushing in an air line. it just doesnt seem safe to use PTC's other than temporary purposes. i'm sure a lot of you will argue that point, but im just saying. and they were complaining about buying the barrels and sleeve things...their like 30 cents for a pack of 5 at least in ky they are but im sure anywhere they are no more than a buck. hell most of the time ill ask if they have any and they'll just give you a few extra...if people gripe over the cost of that stuff, they have no buisness building a mini.

Edited: 12/14/2006 8:25:29 AM by iLLblazer

I love SD and I've never had a problem with PTC fittings. take that!

The problem with s10 forum is that there are so many members, and lots of guys with no experience who just 'run with the crowd'. However, I have found more help on that site then any other, but that was a few years back when I first bagged my truck and did my v8 swap. I dont go there for tech help too often anymore so I dont know what its like these days.You just have to sort through the BS on that site. There are some really stupid ideas on there sometimes though, but you can see that on any forum. I try to help out when I can on that forum. And the arguements that do go on, have been going on for years (2 links, reverse 4 links, fittings, drag blocks) are so beat to death already its actually kind of funny.

Originally posted by HOLCOMBE347



Edited: 12/14/2006 7:50:33 AM by HOLCOMBE347

Originally posted by IB2LOUD



Edited: 12/14/2006 6:08:38 AM by IB2LOUD

I'm guessing it was this thread

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=286969

if so, you were wrong, compressions are ok, but there is nothing wrong with DOT push in fittings, as long as you use them right

damn, they got crazy over something stupid...but i agree with that one guy, PTC fittings suck. they are good if your in a pinch with a blown line on the side of the road but no way will i ever use them for everything on my truck. i bought a train horn with a PTC fitting on it and it leaked, so that was that..put a compression fitting on it and all the problem went away. id rather spend the few extra minutes tightening down a compression fitting then just pushing in an air line. it just doesnt seem safe to use PTC's other than temporary purposes. i'm sure a lot of you will argue that point, but im just saying. and they were complaining about buying the barrels and sleeve things...their like 30 cents for a pack of 5 at least in ky they are but im sure anywhere they are no more than a buck. hell most of the time ill ask if they have any and they'll just give you a few extra...if people gripe over the cost of that stuff, they have no buisness building a mini.



I have to disagree with you on that.

I used to work for a thermoforming company, and we built machinery that was built to run 24hrs a day and 7 days a week, all year round making various plastic parts. The entire machine was ran pneumaticly, the average working pressure was between 400-600psi at all times, and would sometime peak out near 800psi. We used parker All metal PTC fittings. There was over 500 fittings on each machine, and they only got changed out on service calls, which is about every 3-5 years.

There ARE ptc fittings out thare that are worth a damn, and WILL work for an every day driven vehicle. Just because you havent found them yet dosent mean that all of them are junk, if you find the right ones they are a great choice.

They are in the parker industrial series line of fittings.

I ran the SMC ones on my truck for 2 years no leaks. We use them on customers vehicles now too becuase the price of all brass PTCs here is sick. (around 300-400 to plumb a truck compared to 150-200 from SD)
The all brass PTC are definetly the poo though. I'll never use compressions again.

im not argueing the fact that they dont work, i know people who use them on their trucks and swear by them but the luck that i've had with them it seems that they leak. plus I dont feel comfortable with a PTC fittings to run on a constant basis. the fact of just pushing an airline into a fitting and calling it good just doesnt do it for me. i want something that will hold the airline in the fitting such as a compression fitting. a lot of people run them which is fine, but i never will unless i was in a pinch and it was the only way out. and its not so much that i "just havent found the good ones yet". a name brand PTC fitting can be found anywhere, ordered from anywhere and so on but that doesnt matter to me...name brand or not ill never use them unless i had to. the cost isnt really the issue either, im sure most of you know, when you get thousands of dollars tied up into suspension, interior, and modification, 300 bucks for some fitting isnt shit. im not hating on anyone who does use them, to each their own. its just a comfort issue.

i love seeing those kids who have been members for less than a year, but have like 7,500 posts.

How come everyone on this site is always doggin on 'haters', but then theres threads like this made every day?

yeah dave I am called a "hater" every other day, apparently because I dont suck up. I have been called one in about 4 of the most recent threads I have responded to.

Just say something unpopular on any forum and guys will brow beat you. Its the internet, get some thicker skin.

ol>Originally posted by mtm



i guess their the same assholes that migrated from ranger power sports







Originally posted by TukinRange



i wish i was always right and had a large group to back me up, maybe i should start an internet gang, what would be a good name?

icy hot stunaz!!!!

Oh I know, youre the leader of all this hate action on SSM Russ!! lol