Those brass taps have a tapered seat. The spring keeps tension on the taper
so it doesn't (shouldn't) leak. The best way to unsieze it is to tap on the
spring end of the stem, so it moves the tapered barrel away from its
seating.
New ones are available if necessary.
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Robert Duquette
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 6:35 PM
To: Healeys
Subject: [Healeys] How to de-seize a brass tap?
Hi!
I have a drain tap from my rad that is seized up. I had to remove it to
drain
the rad.
I've cleaned it up as best I can, but I'm nowhere close to getting it to
function.
So, what do I do next? Try to remove that cotter pin without breaking it?
hah! :)
Then remove that spring.
Then hammer on the pin that they came off of with a piece of wood?
But ... then there's still that broken handle. How do I get that out? I've
grabbed onto it with vise grips and twisted to no avail. ( It's already
broken so vice grips seemed reasonable,. )
Do I soak the whole assembly in a penetrating oil or something? I already
have, but, I could leave it over the winter.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/RadDrainTap.jpg
Robert Duquette
Ottawa ON Canada
1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( project )
1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple )
1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen )
http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/2009FallTour.jpg
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