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Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:52 pm

@POLAND_SPUD Sure man... I spent all morning looking to "Valvula de Escape Rapido" aka QEV ;)

3/4" - 122,00 Brazil reais = 76,15484 US$

or

3/4" - 130,00 Brazil reais = 81,1486 US$

At eBay 3/4" US$ 27,00 + Shipping, that I dont know how much is ^^"
Surely the "final" cost wont be more than US$ 76,00

I´m a little bit down... I guess I will use a Ball Valve...

Lemme go home... I´m at work...

Replys at 0:00 (local time) its now: 16:52

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Portuguese = Brazil
Spanish and everything else = Others country in South America

How much did you pay at your QEV? And what "size"...
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Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:14 pm

I got my 1/2" QEV for 39 zl
in comparison a 3/4" QEV costs 56 zl

now 39 zl is almost exactly 16 $ but it was cheaper in dollars back then because the value of dollar is falling and the value of zl is rising



Keep looking for them - I toke me some time to find a shop that sells them for such a good price.... I've seen some shops in poland where they want 120 zl for exactly the same model of valve
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Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:18 pm

if i buy something from a $ country now i get it atleast at half the price from back about 1 year.

the NOK (Norwegian kroner) had a value of $0.083 about a year ago.
now one NOK is $0.2.
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i bought 6 1/2" qevs for $20 AUD
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6 1/2'' QEV's?!?! Where the McF**k from?!!
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:25 am

Mitchza89 wrote:6 1/2'' QEV's?!?! Where the McF**k from?!!
ebay my friend, ebay :D

they arrive any day (but there was the 30$ shipping...) still :D
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:39 am

I looked around on the french forum and found the piston parts, man that is the most hardest piston too make :D

http://patator.frbb.net/conseils-aides- ... -t1728.htm
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ahhh yes.... weee weee viva la france..... :shock:

anyone speaks french ??
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:02 am

God I wish I did.. Cept' I don't reckon I could get one of the fittings he uses in AUS. That 1'' female Tee with the Male port on the one side....Very, very hard to find.
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POLAND_SPUD wrote:ahhh yes.... weee weee viva la france..... :shock:

anyone speaks french ??
I've got a better idea, you could just copy->paste the link into google, then press the TranslateThisPage-button, the grammar wil suck, but hey, it's no longer in french... :idea:
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wait 6
1/2'' qevs or
6 1/2'' qevs :shock:
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Acdcmonkey1991 wrote:wait 6
1/2'' qevs or
6 1/2'' qevs :shock:
i wish!!

nah they are 6 (pause) 1/2" qevs
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Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:44 pm

I I can translate that tut for you guys, might take a bit, but I can do it. Gimme some time and I'll post it for you.
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Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:52 pm

Well, after translating for about 5 minutes, I've managed to figure out how he built the piston.

Looks like he took a pipe cap that fits just inside the Tee he's using, he then super glued a tire patch to the end of it to make a gasket and glued the spring to the back of the cap.

Hope that helps a bit. I'll get to work on the rest of it tonight, got a long night shift in front of a desk with nothing better to do.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:42 am

thanks mate :D. My french isnt all that good. (Year 9 is as high as I went)
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