Alternative Fuel Valve ...part ll

I appreciate all the responses to my other posts..I do understand both sides of the safety and expense issues. However on my tractor, the fuel line does not run beneath, nor between the block and exhaust manifold. Instead, it runs parallel to the valve cover until it's past the front edge of the manifold and then curves downward follwing the conture of the engine, ending in a fitting that screws directly into a "banjo" bolt that evidently not only supplies the fuel inlet, but bolts the sediment bowl directly into the carb. I saw a universal type of sediment bowl with a built in shutoff valve at the local TSC store that listed it retro fitting the NAA Ford and a couple of other makes (AC, ect). To my eyes it looked rather large to fit between the carb and the rear of the generator housing.(Though I may not have been looking at it in the correct mounting position....So....I'm wondering if anyone else has tryed one of these, or if there is a simple compression fitting type of valve I could install inline directly over top the present stock sediment bowl.

Thanks again guys..

regards

John Mitchell

Thanks for good info. I believe you are correct in the idea that someone had re-routed the fuel line. Why I have no clue, but I ended taking the old fuel line off and going to NAPA where I bought all new steel line with new fittings and a brass shut off valve. I do have a I&T workshop manual and used that as a guide to reinstall the steel line and ended-up placing the shut off valve in a vertical position above the manifold, running it straight down into the sediment bulb fitting. After installing the new line and valve, I used the tractor for a while and had no problems with gas leaks or vapor lock. I have a vertical exhaust pipe and never experienced vapor lock problems before, though I do understand that is/was a common problem, The valve works great. I just turn the fuel valve off and run the engine until it dies...Thanks for all the help.

regards

John