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10-22-2016, 02:17 PM | #1 |
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1931 Gas valve removal
Planning on removing the under hood gas valve on my 1931 and polish the seat to stop some seepage. Can I just unscrew it from the engine side or is it necessary for someone to hold it under the gas tank? i.e. a two man job.Thanks
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10-22-2016, 04:28 PM | #2 |
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Re: 1931 Gas valve removal
Indented late 31 firewall, one man from the firewall side.
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10-22-2016, 04:40 PM | #3 |
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Re: 1931 Gas valve removal
You will need a 3/4" crows foot to get it off and on. The valve screws into a boss, nothing to hold.
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10-22-2016, 07:23 PM | #4 |
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Re: 1931 Gas valve removal
You will likely find that late '31 horizontal tube quite encrusted with sediment. It won't simply flush out. I have a scraper made from a cheap extra long screwdriver with the end 1/8" bent over 90 degrees. I got a mountain of crud out from several late 31 tank pipes with it. I followed with a .38 cal bronze bore brush, a thread chaser, and a thorough flush.
I have counter-bored the inlet hole on several late 31 valves to accept a 3/16" brass tube stub that serves as the base for an inlet screen made from 80 mesh bronze screen rolled 1/4"D x 4 1/2"L. It fits easily into a clean '31 tank tube and is much larger in available surface area than the short fuel valve inlet screens sold by the vendors. |
10-23-2016, 09:40 AM | #5 |
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Re: 1931 Gas valve removal
Thank you
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10-23-2016, 11:40 AM | #6 |
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10-23-2016, 02:01 PM | #8 |
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Re: 1931 Gas valve removal
I used to take the fine brass screen out of old automatic tranny filters, but with Mike's link, it just isn't worth the time and trouble to do that.
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10-23-2016, 04:22 PM | #9 |
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Re: 1931 Gas valve removal
thanks,
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