fixing your autoseal and bad draw

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I have finally converted my whole glyph hookah to
full autoseal with improved draw.

 

I had some free time yesterday and decided to redo
the valves on my Syrian Glyph. I got some green plastic airsoft pellets from a
friend. If you don't have airsoft pellets you can get stainless steal ball
bearings from smallparts.com. First you want to enlarge the holes going into the
hookah. I used three bits each getting progressively larger. You want to take
some oil and apply it to the bit while you are drilling to keep the bit
lubricated and ease drilling through the bronze. Working up from a small bit to
a larger really makes this a snap.

 

Next I went on to modify the hose intakes that
screw on the stem. Syrian hookahs are truly hand made as no hose intake is
alike, they are all machined slightly different. Clean out the hole you just
drilled and set up your airsoft pellet and screw on the hose intake. Depending
on how deep the thread was put in depends on if the hose intake can take the
airsoft pellet without pushing it down, it all depends on how deep the hose
intake was drilled in with the thread. If the valve is blocked you have two
options. You can either leave the hose intake higher up on the thread or drill
out more of the intake chamber where the threat is to make the chamber deeper. I
only had to drill one of my intakes deeper.

 

The next mod for the intakes to get a little extra
airflow with the larger airsoft pellets is to enlarge the three holes in the air
intake. You can drill them out but there is a great chance of hurting the
threads on the inside of the intake. If found an easy way to accomplish this.
Just take a nail or icepick and tap it through the hole where the hose goes in.
You don't need a huge nail, just use one slightly larger. The nail or pick will
them be wedged in there after you hammer it in. Prop the intake on something and
tap the nail from the other side to release it. Do this to all three hose
intakes to enlarge the holes.

 

Next make sure the hookah valves are totally clean
and install all hose intakes and air pellets. You should be able to draw from
any intake.

 

I tried my hookah with three buddies. Having a
working autoseal with a nice draw is priceless. Two people or three can even
draw at once and it is no problem. No more plugging the hose with your fingers
or worrying about who will take a draw. Also the plastic airsoft pellets are so
much better because they don't rust.

 

I hope this mod helps some people with stubborn
autoseal. I will try to get some pictures of the changes. The Glyph hookahs are
wonderful and are the most solidly built hookahs I have seen, it seems like it
weighs almost 8 pounds. They just suffer from bad design not construction. With
a drill bit you can make it a wonderful hookah with perfect draw and autoseal.
Without the mods the hookah is no fun with it's tight draw. I have heard some
hookahs have a master valve, but these hookahs do not. Simply drilling out one
hole could fix this.

 

It seems some Egyptian hookahs also have this
problem with their autoseal.

 

I hope this helps.

[HookahDuck]

Nice post!Im sure many people will find this helpful. I would certainly do it if I had one =)