Plastic (old) elbow dilemma

[Pianotoone@AOL.COM]

I can attach a plastic elbow in about twenty seconds including, heating a 
cooling.  No way can you rotate one on in that time.  Plus the heating system 
is much easier

Just my 4 cents (inflation you know) worth

Dick Day
Marshall, MI

In a message dated 10/20/99 2:46:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jpage@capecod.net writes:

<< Heat the wire with a propane torch until you see it turn color just a
 little -
 certainly not red!  Push it in the elbow and hold it straight until the wire
 cools enough to be solid (10 seconds or so).  Try it you'll like it.  I cut
 the
 old elbows off with a pair of wire cutters, cutting it lengthwise.  By now
 most
 elbows are so brittle that they fall off easily.
 >
 >dave
 
 It seems to me; for the time it takes to heat the wire,
 insert it and wait till it cools; you could just rotate one on.
 
 Vise-Grips on the wire makes quick work of it, no fumes,
 no fire hazard, no fuel cost.
 
 Besides, if you have a willing helper; while they replace the 
 elbows, you could be tightening action screws.
  >>