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Re: [Shop-talk] Air tank fittings

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Air tank fittings
From: Mark Andy <marka@maracing.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:12:03 -0500 (EST)
Howdy,

I'm done now for real.

Eureka!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AIR-TANK-BUBBLE-MANIFOLD-BALL-RELIEF-VALVE-POPOFF-/270675971668?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f058b8e54#ht_2031wt_698

Mark

On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, Mark Andy wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> Honest, I'll stop looking at this stuff soon.
>
> This one: 
> 
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/AIR-COMPRESSOR-TANK-MANIFOLD-VALVE-W-BALL-RELIEF-/280577373763?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4153b6f643#ht_2027wt_698
>
> Looks to be almost what you'd want, except you'd have to put a shraeder valve 
> on the test port.  But it has a ball valve!
>
> Mark
>
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, Mark Andy wrote:
>
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Sorry, probably I meant item # 5867T11.
>> 
>> But that looks to be the same valve I've got on my portable air tanks that 
>> all leak.
>> 
>> I wonder if a 1/2" female / male ball valve like item # 47865K43 or 4082T44 
>> inline between the tank and your existing valve like the above might solve 
>> the leak down problem at the expense of sticking the contraption up in the 
>> air a little bit more?
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, Mark Andy wrote:
>> 
>>> Howdy,
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 22 Jan 2012, Scott wrote:
>>>> I have the H-F 11-gallon steel air tank. It always bled down in about a 
>>>> day, which I attributed to the little plastic twist on/off valve/fitting.
>>>> 
>>>> So...$35 of brass from Lowes later, I have replicated the original brass 
>>>> fitting, and added a 1/2" gas shut off valve.
>>>> 
>>>> I bought:
>>>> 
>>>> 1/2" male to 1/2" male adapter (tank 'in')
>>>> 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/2" female t-fitting
>>>> 1/2" male to 1/8" female bushing (for the pressure gauge output)
>>>> 1/2" male to 1/2" male adapter (another one) to connect the t-fitting to 
>>>> the shut-off valve
>>>> 1/2" female to 1/2" female gas shut-off valve
>>>> 1/2" male to 1/4" female bushing (the hose 'out')
>>>> 
>>>> That's a lot of work to replicate the original H-F part.  I was thinking 
>>>> I'd just return those parts and buy a new...what?  I am admittedly not a 
>>>> great Boolean searcher, but I can't find anything like this on McMaster 
>>>> or anywhere else.  Surely this is just because I suck at the internet, 
>>>> right?
>>> 
>>> I knew for sure that McMaster had it because I'd seen it before and even 
>>> then it took me 15 minutes searching their site to get the magic 
>>> combination of words.
>>> 
>>> I think what you want is on catalog page 485, item #5867T21
>>> 
>>> I've never seen one of these with a ball valve to replace the screw valve, 
>>> which is what always seems to leak.  If you find one, I'd like to know 
>>> about it.  :-)
>>> 
>>> Mark
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