Drippy Drain valve

[Guest]

Re: Drippy Drain valve

At the bottom of the sheet it says approved replacement for Beech (Curtis valve) part number CA1269. Tom

Tom, My valves are cca1550, many 1/8" mpt valves are that #.

Do you have CA1269s?

Dave

[3Dreaming]

Re: Drippy Drain valve

Tom, My valves are cca1550, many 1/8" mpt valves are that #.

Do you have CA1269s?

Dave

The CCA1269 number is for the seal. This is for the CCA1550 valve. Tom

[Guest]

Re: Drippy Drain valve

The CCA1269 number is for the seal. This is for the CCA1550 valve. Tom

Tom, thanks for your patience.

Dave.

[Tony Johnson]

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The curtis drain valve on the sump of my 1942 T6 conversion DC65 has given up the ghost and must be replaced. My A&P cannot locate a replacement.

It is a curtis straight valve that seems to be a size other than the standard valves used nowdays. It has the two prongs protuding laterally and is spring loaded. I do not know if it is the part number that has been mentioned earlier in this thread. My A&P says that it has an O ring, but that replacing the O ring will not solve the problem because the valve is faulty. Perhaps at some earlier time the flat seal described in earlier posts was replaced with an O ring.

Does anyone know where to find a replacement for my original curtis valve?

Thanks

[Guest]

Re: Drippy Drain valve

Wicks Aircraft

http://www.wicksaircraft.com/catalog/product_search_results.php/search=Y3VydGlzIGRyYWluIHZhbHZl

part cc1550 is the usual one

http://www.wicksaircraft.com/catalog/product_detail.php/pid=4435~subid=7582/index.html

[fearofpavement]

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Wow, this thread has taken an interesting twist.

Being convinced that fuel leaking from the plane is much safer than a 1/4" diameter piece of rubber like material that got installed without the prerequisite 9 pounds of paperwork; I would immediately deem unairworthy any T-craft I was performing an annual inspection on that showed evidence of the incorrect part. The seal in the fuel quick drain is an item I always check for conformity to the type certificate so don't think you can slip that one by us "sharp eyed" inspectors.

[Guest]

Re: Drippy Drain valve

Wow, this thread has taken an interesting twist.

Being convinced that fuel leaking from the plane is much safer than a 1/4" diameter piece of rubber like material that got installed without the prerequisite 9 pounds of paperwork; I would immediately deem unairworthy any T-craft I was performing an annual inspection on that showed evidence of the incorrect part. The seal in the fuel quick drain is an item I always check for conformity to the type certificate so don't think you can slip that one by us "sharp eyed" inspectors.

I don't follow please elaborate

[flyguy]

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I hope that was humor
DC

[fearofpavement]

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Well, it wasn't so much intended to be humor as a suggestion to look at things through the lens of reality. Ok, we'll call it humor for the sake of simplicity and to alleviate confusion. Well, gotta go as there are four more drain valves in the hangar that I haven't had a chance to verify yet for seal compliance.

[Guest]

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lol at myself

I guess I am very gullible.

[Tony Johnson]

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Drude,

Thanks for the info.

[flyguy]

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FOP, stop that right now. My sides are hurting.
DC

[astjp2]

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Just buy a new valve, then you dont have to deal with corrosion issues or not installing the seal correctly. For the time you will spend messing around with changing 1 seal, you can replace all 3 and make a cup and feel good about spending good money for something that was easy to fix. Tim

[3Dreaming]

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I normally keep some new valves around, but I keep some seals also. If you have one leaking it is nice to have a valve to screw in when the leaky one comes out. If the one that comes out is in good shape I will replace the seal and install it in the next spot. If it has rounded hex, or any other problems it goes in the trash. Tom