How do you install a metal valve stem?

I had mine installed when I purchased the tubes from Coker. They charged only for the stem, no labor !
 
I found the description on the web site, but installation still doesn’t make sense to me. You actually cut out a good rubber stem to use these?


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McMimmcs said:
I had mine installed when I purchased the tubes from Coker. They charged only for the stem, no labor !
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The previous owner had them installed before I bought the car. They look nice, but are they any better than rubber stems?


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shew01 said:
I found the description on the web site, but installation still doesn’t make sense to me. You actually cut out a good rubber stem to use these?

Yes, that is how it is done or buy tubes with them installed. You will still need the bridge washer etc to install.
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The nicd thing about the metal stems on our cars is that they don't dry rot and become torn after some years of driving. Much harder to get a leak on a metal one than rubber.
 
shew01 said:
Thanks for the link. That is NOT how I envisioned the process at all. Lol

I understand more clearly now.


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Well...just how did you envision it be done?

I have done it slightly different but still get the same end. Six of one...half a dozen of the other ways.

Pluck
 
Steve Plucker said:
Well...just how did you envision it be done?

I have done it slightly different but still get the same end. Six of one...half a dozen of the other ways.

Pluck
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Based on what I read and the size of the base of the metal stem, I envisioned cutting the entire old stem, including its base, out of the tube. That would have been an expensive mistake because that would have been much too big of a hole in the tube.


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MAFCA Magazine (as Bob and Steve pointed out)

Written by the late Al Lepore
 
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Not sure if this is it but it came out in The Restorer MAFCA:

“The Installation and Care of Valve Stem Hardware”: TR/35/1/6-7 (1990)*6
“Replacing Rubber Valves Stems with Metal Valve Stems without Damaging the Paint On Your Wheels”: TR/35/1/8-9 (1990)*6

Vol. 35 #1 and Vol 6 of How to Restore your Model A Ford
 
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