Identify Pressure washer fitting

[rick]

I have an old KEW Hobby 88 pressure washer

A few years back lent it to a friend, came back with broken female fitting ... as KEW are no more replaced the hose. The company Valetech (Manchester) provided the hose with a KEW fitting on the end, and a new extension lance with a quick fit fitting different to KEW, looks much more professional ... with ball bearing lock quick fit. (Valetech seem to be no more.)

I want to use another item with the pressure washer ... so need to specify what male fitting needs to be on their kit ( or use an adapter)

Anybody recognise this type of fitting, assuming they must be a standard type .. Valetch were a reseller not a manufacturer.

[T i m]

No answer to your question (but interested in any replies) but isn't it frustrating when you lend things to people and they come back broken. ;-(

I leant my Kew Hobby PW to a 'good mate' on the *strict* instructions he looked after, didn't let his kids play with it as I didn't generally lend it to anyone.

Long short, it came back broken (damaged under tray where the mains cable had been ripped out) and I eventually forced out of him that it got broken when he was 'mucking about', spraying water at the kids and one of them had tripped over the cable. ;-(

He didn't want to pay the £45 quid or whatever it was at the time for a new tray as 'you could get a new (cheap / s*1t) pressure washer for similar'.

I didn't force him to replace it (and repaired it myself) but learned the lesson of 'Never a lender or borrower be'. Unless you can trust the 'if you break it you buy it' would be understood, even if unsaid.

Cheers, T i m

[Brian Reay]

I can't imagine not either paying for the repair or a replacement if I broke something I'd borrowed.

[T i m]

Quite.

I borrowed a mates spare (and only borrowed it because it was a spare) windscreen wiper puller (one of the few times I have borrowed anything) because I needed to do something urgently ... then misplaced it (it was put in a toolbox by someone else and then got buried by other tools). So, I bought him a new - better one ... then found his of course. ;-)

I offered him his old one back but he was happy for me to keep it as the replacement was 'better'. ;-)

There are limits though. Years ago I leant a mate a pin hammer and he got some paint on it so bought be a new one. ;-(

I left a mains lead on site where I was helping a mate and he then used it to run a wallpaper steamer. I got the lead back but covered in bits of stuck on wallpaper that took quite a while to clean up. ;-(

At least he treated me to a curry. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

[Brian Reay]

I've never heard of one of those, what have I been missing ;-)

Seriously, some can be a bit 'snug'.

[T i m]

Sometimes you do end up needing some weird tools for the simplest of things.

They can indeed ... but a spray of Plus Gas a couple of days before if you get the chance plus applying some tension with the puller then giving it a smart tap normally shifts em. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

[Brian Reay]

More-or-less the method I use.

[FMurtz]

Bloke next door borrowed my very ancient german made pressure washer and I told him to be careful of the inlet water connection as it is in a vulnerable position,He broke it and kept quiet till he got in touch with Germany and found they still had spares then he imported a new one and fixed it, then told me.

[Richard]

There seems to be simillar fittings at

[Andy Burns]

I've bought custom hoses from Q-washers on eBay, they have a variety of coupler types, if you can identify from what you need ...

[T i m]

It does make you wonder if these people actually listen to such advice and warnings?

That was fair enough I guess.

TBF my mate did look into repairing it without telling me (I wondered why there was a delay getting it back) but didn't 'do the right thing' and fixing it at any (reasonable) cost.

Cheers, T i m