Repair of 3-way valve

JDBRIDER · Dec 2, 2016

I'm working on a John Deere B. The valve on the sediment bowl doesn't close very well. The 3-way valve was worse. I got the idea to try to bring it back to life. I took it apart and rolled a file over the inner part lightly to remove any burs. Then I put the outer part in the vise and chucked the stem of the inner part in my cordless drill. I put some valve grinding compound on it and spun it inside the outer part. Not too fast. Added compound as needed and kept at it til the compound was evenly distributed over the inner part when I removed it. I put it back together and assembled it and it doesn't leak by at all. I still can't believe how well it worked.

Hayfarmer · Dec 2, 2016

sounds like a good fix for an old problem. I think I put a new valve in my unstyled G years ago and it leaked off from the start. I shut fuel off at the sediment bowl.

Russ from MN · Dec 2, 2016

Congratulations! That's a great success story! I did something similar with a propane burner valve.

Lon in NE · Dec 4, 2016

I've had good luck using this product. You can get it at skygeek.com. Here's the product description.

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DON'T USE VERY MUCH OF IT. A little dab of it does a pair of petcocks!
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Repair of 3-way valve

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