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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 01:10:22 -0500 (EST)
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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