Man, I owe you a case of beer. You just solved my problem. I have now tried 3 times to make my new pump play nice with my intex system, and right now it's just dripping. The key, for me, was to use the 1 1/2 to 1 1/4 bushing with the original screw, that's just genius if you ask me, if I knew where you lived, I would ship beer to you.
converting to PVC to try to increase water flow. Seems like the reducer takes you back to 1 1/4" defeating my purpose. Any other way to connect my 1 1/2" pipe to my pump?
This is the size of the Intex pumps and filters, I’ve run on this adaptation for years, 2-speed Hayward pump into my Intex sand filter, flows plenty of water, no issue at all using the 1-1/4” adapter to make the PVC connection at the filter. Good luck.
There are multiple ways to make this connection, but I find this one I use to be the best, there are a couple aftermarket adapters that are poorly made. Either find a used Intex hose on eBay to harvest the 40mm nuts, or buy a new replacement on Amazon amzn.to/3J5WsFQ
You would look where they sell the white PVC pipe fittings, or sometimes with gray PVC conduit fittings. I will look and see if I have any in the garage and look for the part number
Man, I owe you a case of beer. You just solved my problem. I have now tried 3 times to make my new pump play nice with my intex system, and right now it's just dripping. The key, for me, was to use the 1 1/2 to 1 1/4 bushing with the original screw, that's just genius if you ask me, if I knew where you lived, I would ship beer to you.
Thanks for showing the different options on the bushing!
Are you supposed to prime the fittings before you glue them, or does that glue not need any primer.
Probably a good idea, but it held up well and outlasted the pool liner.
converting to PVC to try to increase water flow. Seems like the reducer takes you back to 1 1/4" defeating my purpose. Any other way to connect my 1 1/2" pipe to my pump?
This is the size of the Intex pumps and filters, I’ve run on this adaptation for years, 2-speed Hayward pump into my Intex sand filter, flows plenty of water, no issue at all using the 1-1/4” adapter to make the PVC connection at the filter. Good luck.
Being smooth sided pipe instead of corrugated hose it will flow better. That corrugated hose puts plenty of resistance on the water flow.
Where do you get those 40mm nuts if you don't have them?
There are multiple ways to make this connection, but I find this one I use to be the best, there are a couple aftermarket adapters that are poorly made. Either find a used Intex hose on eBay to harvest the 40mm nuts, or buy a new replacement on Amazon amzn.to/3J5WsFQ
Can't find or dont know how to search for thoae pvc bushing. Been to lowes and home depot
You would look where they sell the white PVC pipe fittings, or sometimes with gray PVC conduit fittings. I will look and see if I have any in the garage and look for the part number
Have you found the part number?@@MattsGarageMiscDIY
Did you put a gasket between the filter and the custom adapter you made to help it seal?
Yes, it’s same rubber gasket that is seen tumbling to the ground as I remove the old hose at the beginning of the video (around 0:23 into the video).