Gas valve filter

[Russell Reay]

Time to put this back in the tank. The miner bees plugged the outlet hole, so I wish to take the valve apart to assure it is thoroughly clean. How is this pencil filter attached? Is it threaded down into the male fitting, or just push-fit? I prefer to know what I am doing before using a potentially wrong tool, then waiting several days and too much shipping charge for a replacement.