Good grief John! What is the solution, replace the whole valve periodically? How can I insure that mine will not come apart?
--- In [email protected], John Cooper <j...@...> wrote: > > On 6/1/2010 3:19 PM, texasaviator wrote: > > Upon inspection of the gascolator it was noted that the insides of the > > Curtis drain valve were missing. > Curtis is the manufacturer. The shaft has a hollow rivet as one end, > which goes through the rubber seal (NOT an o-ring, but a square cross > section seal) and a tiny washer. Curtis used to supply replcement seals, > but found that the rivet eventually would fail allowing the shaft to > depart the aircraft along with all the fuel. The valve must be replaced > as a unit when the seal fails. they wil likely find the remains of the > seal and the washer inside the gascolator. > > -- > John Cooper > Skyport East > www.skyportservices.net >
