Perhaps one of us could rebuild a valve block for you Morat, if you don't feel up to doing it? I've got a few kicking around, waiting for a day when I've got nothing else to do.
I'd be happy to do one for the cost of the repair kit and the courier.
All you'd have to do is clean out the rest of the system- including your shiny nearly new dryer- and fit it
I'm not sure that I'd even want your old one in exchange. Getting those brass shavings out of every nook and cranny doesn't look like fun.
I think I'll get hold of a second hand one and rebuild that before swapping. I can't really have the car off the road for long.
Morat wrote:
I think I'll get hold of a second hand one and rebuild that before swapping. I can't really have the car off the road for long.
Go for it! It's not difficult, you just need to be clean and methodical.
I was actually suggesting I could build up one of my spares for you though :)
Ah, I didn't see you offer! I'd much rather take the lazy option :) But if you've got one that just needs seals I'd be happy to buy it off you. I don't fancy buying one from ebay that might have loads wrong with it.
Lol :)
I offered to build one for you in case you didn't feel confident to do it, not 'cos you're feeling lazy!
I don't know what condition any of my spare blocks are in 'cos they're spares that I've amassed over the years, not ones I've taken off my own cars (haven't had the need to do that yet), so won't be able to say what they need without stripping them down.
Whatever the source, you can almost guarantee these days that the valve tips and seats will be tired, and you can't get new ones.
I'll have a dig through the box tomorrow and see what I've got
Thank you!
OK Morat, I've got a solution that might work for you. I've got a pretty pristine valve block assembly, which I was hoarding.
I could send it off to you as a loaner, if you pick up the courier tab for getting it to/ from you.
After changing your dessicant, cleaning out your box, filters etc and draining your tank (don't want any bronze bits finding their way into mine), you fit it and use it while you clean and reseal yours, then you send mine back.
Keeps you on the road.
What do you think?
This is the one Morat
Let me know whether you want to go for it and I can arrange a courier collection. If It's collected tomorrow, you'll have it for the weekend.
Very shiny indeed. Yes please!!
Let me know what I owe you (I seem to be saying that a lot recently) :(
PM me your address again Morat. My old PMs were deleted a while ago and with it, your address :)
Hurry up!
If I don't get your address soon, it'll be too late to book a collection for tomorrow, then you won't have it to play with this weekend!
OB, use UPS if you can, there pretty much next day, only downer is you might have to drop it at local drop point (shop)
Thanks Chris- I did, by coincidence!
I even managed to book a collection for today.
Morat- enjoy playing with it. Don't forget to clean any cr@p out of your box/ filters/ change dessicant in dryer and purge tank before fitting.
I'll be looking carefully at the dessicant as it was new last year and should be the first place to show contamination. I think...
Anyway thanks! and I'll be careful with it. I really don't need two knackered valve blocks!
All the best
If dessicant looks contaminated, just stick it in the dishwasher...
:-) :-)
HAH very good :)
I've ordered new Dessicant/dryer refurb bits for my 13 month old air dryer and a set of O rings from the supplier you PMd. Hopefully I'll be able to get this done over the next few days. At least it'll give me a good excuse to polish my collets :D
Don't you find that your collets are getting shinier by themselves as you get older?!
And I'm sure it's more than 13 months since Summer Camp before last...
wow, is it really that long? I'll call it scheduled maintenance then, and feel better about it.
Well, after Gordon very considerately disabled this website to stop me prevaricating any further I cracked on with it.
If you can consider 4 hours to swap the valve block Cracking On.
Thank you OB for your valve block which is indeed very lovely, although some of your collets needed a little attention after the tape was removed. I dropped all the air out of the system, cleaned the inside of the EAS tray to Michelin star levels of cleanliness and changed the filters and desiccant in the dryer.
The dryer was fun. I don't have a vice so I managed to fashion an EAS Dryer unscrewing tool out of a dog lead, a 1/2" ratchet extension, a latex glove and an oil filter removal tool. Once I got in, using some powerful language, I cursed the Dunlop techs who had sealed the unit with a couple of large smears of glue on the threads.
I haven't taken my valve block apart yet but there has been no sign of the dreaded brass swarf so far. I'm taking that as good news. I did try and time the compressor while it filled the reservoir from scratch but it started to rain, then blow a gale then I realised that I had only tightened the brass nut on the blue pipe finger tight while putting the compressor back in. Curses again. It's now all buttoned up but I thought I'd let it cool down and go back to it after grabbing a snack lunch at 3pm. Not before pressing the wrong button on the Nanocom and dumping it back to access height. Ah well.
Fun!
Now I need to go and buy a crochet hook....
Pleased the valve block worked for you- sorry about the collets but I did say the O rings might need looking at :)
I hadn't used/ tested that block, but it was shiny shiny so I was reasonably optimistic it'd work.
Well done!