Sumner Weisman wrote:
> Listers,
>
> Opinions please: I want to install a fuel shutoff valve in my fuel line.
> Although most TR3's came with one, my TR3B did not. What I really want is a
> little brass shutoff valve, or petcock. My local auto parts place had
> nothing. So I went to my nearby Home Depot plumbing department, and bought
> exactly what I wanted. It's not all metal -- there is a fiber sealing washer
> around the stem. This device is made for water, not gasoline. With the gas
> attack that fiber washer, causing the valve to eventually leak?
The original (pre 1959 TR3's) fuel shut off valves had a thick cork stopper.
If the seal in your new valve could be remade from cork, it should work well.
Greg Gelhar
1980 TR8 dhc
"FUN 2BN"
Osseo, MN
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