Sumner,
After spilling fuel on the floor too many times... I have a fuel
shut-off valve on my TR4 installed in the rubber hose going into
the fuel pump. I got it at my local car parts store. It came
off a display he as for lawn equipment and tractor accessories.
It is black plastic with a purple-red handle.
You see this all the time on lawn tractors and snowblowers. I
have also seen them at home depot in the tractor section and
catalogs such as Northern Tool.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn/Home.html
E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Sumner Weisman
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 9:35 AM
To: Triumphs
Subject: Fuel Shutoff Valve
Listers,
Opinions please: I want to install a fuel shutoff valve in my
fuel line.
Although most TR3's came with one, my TR3B did not. What I
really want is a
little brass shutoff valve, or petcock. My local auto parts
place had
nothing. So I went to my nearby Home Depot plumbing department,
and bought
exactly what I wanted. I got it home and took it apart. It's
not all
metal -- there is a fiber sealing washer around the stem.
My question is -- This device is made for water, not gasoline.
With the gas
attack that fiber washer, causing the valve to eventually leak?
Another question -- The guy at the auto parts place recommended I
use teflon
tape to seal the fittings in my fuel line. Will gas eventually
attack the
teflon and cause a leak? If so, what do you recommend?
Thanks!
Sumner Weisman
62 TR3B TSF263L
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