A number of vehicles came with fuel shut off valves. Model A Fords comes to
mind, and most all motorcycles have a fuel shut valve. After some plumbing,
one of those should last a life time.
Jerry Oliver
Olympia, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Gelhar" <gmark@lightdog.com>
To: "Sumner Weisman" <sweisman@gis.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: Fuel Shutoff Valve
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> Sumner Weisman wrote:
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> > Listers,
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> > 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?
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> 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.
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> Greg Gelhar
> 1980 TR8 dhc
> "FUN 2BN"
> Osseo, MN
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