Need 2 1939 style engine block petcocks. H10 plugs

[Lawson Cox]

I need a couple of petcocks for the 60HP engine project. Anyone have a couple. They just need to look good. Oh, do the 1939 iteration of the H10 plugs have the silver base or blue steel? I'm gonna need a few of those as well. Thanks guys.

 

[Kube]

Lawson, Plug bases are dark, I have used gun bluing in the past to restore otherwise good plugs.
Good luck on finding a set of the correct "coke bottle" two-rib H 10's. I'd recently sold about 60 of them for "big money".
Perhaps someone has some that are no longer functional??? They would be of little value.

 

[Lawson Cox]

Thanks Kube, I thought I remembered them as being dark, back in the dark ages. Yes, two rib coke bottle plugs are what I need.. They do not have to be functional, just clean up good and look pretty. This is a going to be a display engine, but from what I'm finding inside it looks mighty good to me.

 

[51504bat]

I've got a bunch of parts I got from an old Model A guy's collection that included a bunch of stuff from flatheads as well. Included are some petcocks. I'll look for them when I go down to the shop today. I even think I know where I stashed them which is highly unusual.Any idea what the ones you're looking for look like?

 

[Kube]

Correct plugs and drain valves...

 

[kurt v]

Check the antique fly wheel engine vend'ers the petcocks are used to drain the water hoppers.

 

[TerryOH]

48-8115 see the 35-6 restoration book for a photo.

40-8115 is correct for many 85HP and for many years but the 922A and C with the 60HP of 38-39 calls for 48-8115

 

[Lawson Cox]

Correct plugs and drain valves...

SPOT ON, Kube. Now to locate them.

 

[Lawson Cox]

I've got a bunch of parts I got from an old Model A guy's collection that included a bunch of stuff from flatheads as well. Included are some petcocks. I'll look for them when I go down to the shop today. I even think I know where I stashed them which is highly unusual.Any idea what the ones you're looking for look like?

See Kube's posting for pictures. I can clean 'em up pretty if you can locate them.

You guys are awesome. Thanks for helping me out in so many ways.

 

[51504bat]

mine are brass

 

[Lawson Cox]

All petcocks are brass or bronze. Those are nice but wrong style for my needs. Thanks for posting.

 

[Gordon Ellis]

Is there a vendor that makes/supplies brass petcocks, not necessarily original looking, but would fit a 39 V8 engine?

 

[V8COOPMAN]

Is there a vendor that makes/supplies brass petcocks, not necessarily original looking, but would fit a 39 V8 engine?

Gordon ....You might be surprised at what you find at a good hardware store or auto parts store, but here is one that looks reasonably close to the original style if that gets you excited. Click their link BELOW! DD

https://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/collections/motorcycle-petcocks/petcock-thread_1-4-npt

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[Lawson Cox]

Hey coopman, you are good with pictures and postings and such. Could you manage to post a picture showing the petcock you came up with for Gordon, and the one Kube posted, side by side, where we can get a better idea of what may be done to machine Gordon's to look more like Kube's

 

[V8COOPMAN]

Hey coopman, you are good with pictures and postings and such. Could you manage to post a picture showing the petcock you came up with for Gordon, and the one Kube posted, side by side, where we can get a better idea of what may be done to machine Gordon's to look more like Kube's

Too dissimilar to "machine" into a fake "real one"! The somewhat SIMILAR style handle tricks the eye into submission. DD

 

[Als48]

Check out McMaster Carr in Chicago. There's no telling what they might come up with.

Al Hook

 

[V8COOPMAN]

Check out McMaster Carr in Chicago. There's no telling what they might come up with.

Al Hook

Nope....no closer than what I found. I already went there. DD
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[Lawson Cox]

Nope....no closer than what I found. I already went there. DD
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Thanks. I just sent them an inquiry. Back to square One.

 

[Lawson Cox]

Too dissimilar to "machine" into a fake "real one"! The somewhat SIMILAR style handle tricks the eye into submission. DD

Thanks coopman. I have an original "body". I'm tempted to buy one just to see if the valve fits the body.

 

[Gordon Ellis]

thanks Lawson and V8 for the Petcock info!