Fuel shutoff confusion

[spinelll]

[FONT=&quot]I decided against a fuel shutoff rebuild kit and instead, for a new valve.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]For kicks, I dis-assembled the old shutoff (see attachment).[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I was expecting to see some old grungy packing but all I saw was tapered brass.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]What gives?[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Leo[/FONT]

 

[Flathead]

Was the packing any good?

 

[spinelll]

What packing? What you see is all there was.

 

[Gary WA]

Thats all there is, brass on brass. Tooth paste works good to polish the two brass fittings tapered and the o-ring. work back and forth to polish.

 

[Synchro909]

The only packing in a shutoff valve is between the taper and the handle. It seals against fuel leaking out of the valve near the handle. Yours is a repro valve with an O ring for that. The originals had a thick washer made from some fibrous material that sealed when the nut under the handle on was tightened.

 

[Y-Blockhead]

See if you can polish it out to seal and save it for next time. Because there will be a next time.

 

[nkaminar]

Re assemble with some EZ Turn.

 

[Y-Blockhead]

Re assemble with some EZ Turn.

 

[spinelll]

The only packing in a shutoff valve is between the taper and the handle. It seals against fuel leaking out of the valve near the handle. Yours is a repro valve with an O ring for that. The originals had a thick washer made from some fibrous material that sealed when the nut under the handle on was tightened.

That clears it up.

 

[katy]

Tom Wesenburg (sp?) claimed that toothpaste was a good lapping compound to use on the fuel shutoff valve.

 

[Synchro909]

Tom Wesenburg (sp?) claimed that toothpaste was a good lapping compound to use on the fuel shutoff valve.

He was right.