Have you checked with Kevin O'Connor? He did some Frank S retrofits I believe. Keep your steam up! Mr. Lunkenheimer's associate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 3:33 PM Subject: [SSLiveSteam] frank s filler valve ...
>a half-dozen steamers (tony dixon, paul gamlin, tom king, cliff > luscher, ed timmerman, bob trabucco) had some fine runs at dr. dan > liebowitz' house yesterday. the batteries in my camera had died, so > no pictures. > > i attempted to leverage the knowledge and wisdom of this group to > help me figure out what was the matter with my frank s' gas filler > valve. > > this frank has been modified, bringing the gas tank into the left > saddle; i believe someone once marketed a kit to make this > modification, but i've combed all my records and can't confirm that. > > initially we thought the problem was a bad o-ring and replaced it; > the leak continued. next we tried to replace it with a roundhouse > filler valve and then an accucraft filler valve; both had slightly > different threads than the tank itself. > > then, after a little experimentation, it became clear that the > problem wasn't the o-ring, but the valve itself -- the gas was > leaking straight out the top of the nipple. > > today i actually did what i should have done in the first place, > which was to visit the sulphur springs web site. i find that the > eatons sell a specific "aster gas tank filler value" (part FVG-A). > > does anybody know whether this valve will fit the tank used in the > side-saddle retrofit? if it doesn't, does anybody have any ideas of > how to fix this problem? > > thanks. > > \dmc > > > > -- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Dave Cole > Gen'l Sup't: Grand Teton & Everglades Steam Excursion Co. > Pacifica, Calif. USA <http://45mm.com/> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List Mom: sslivesteam, the list of small-scale live steamers > <http://45mm.com/sslivesteam/lists/> > > ATTEND THE NATIONAL SUMMER STEAMUP IN SACRAMENTO, JULY 20-23, 2005 > For more information, visit the web site at <http://www.summersteamup.com> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > _______________________________________________ > SSLiveSteam mailing list > Send messages: [email protected] > Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam > Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html > _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
