George Lendich wrote:

Paul,
The 4-way fuel tap that was organised for a group buy by one of the

chaps on

ACRE - does anyone know if those fittings on the main body were

threaded into

the main body or a press fit.
The main body being a square brass rod.

I tried to undo one of the fittings to see how it was made and it

didn't seem

to want to undo, so I felt those internal threaded fittings may be

external

press fit.
George (down under)

Please don't try to remove the fittings. I tried with a defective valve

all

all my might of 265 lbs :) and only mangled the fitting. Talk to Butch.

I

sent him some extra valve parts to experiment with.
Bulent

Bulent,
Thanks for the response.
I don't know if I did any damage!

I will talk to Butch when he's back on line, who knows where he is at this
point in time. I have written to him on clarification on some bellhousing
issues, but he hasn't responded yet!

In the mean time - are they threaded ?

I would feel better if they were as it did turn a little and I turned it
back. Their probably threaded and glued, by the feel of it ?

George (down under)

I believe they are threaded with HD permanent thread-lock?
Bulent

George, they are threaded but very short threads. I tried to change the fittings
and found that the plastic insert is up against the thread near the ball. I
wanted to step down the fitting without adding hardware but I was unsucessful. I
am not happy about the extra fittings. I am looking for other current options.

Doug Mueller
RX-6 13BT
N900DM
Boulder City, NV

 
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