REbuilt my Petcock Reserve Inlet screen

[mydlyfkryzis]

I needed to rebuild my petcock reserve inlet screen. I bought some 80 mesh brass screen from an E-Bay hobby shop.

Here's what I did to "fix" it.

80 Mesh brass screen.
So I take a small strip, and use some small aluminum tube to shape it and hold the shape. I used aluminum because the solder won't stick to it.

I solder it up the seam, and add a small piece of brass tubing at the bottom that will fit inside the existing brass flange that was in the petcok holding the original screen.
The I solder the small tubing into the stock fitting.

Seam side:

Opposite side:

Then I took a strand of copper wire and tied the top of the screen to the standard dip tube for a little extra support:

I added new washers to the petcock, but it was amazing how bad the original washer was compared to the new one (on the mounting nut)

 

[Rich Ard]

No wonder you think people should crimp instead of solder!

I keed, I keed...that's a great fix, and I may have to follow suit on a petcock that's on my bench right now. Thanks!

 

[mydlyfkryzis]

First attempt on screen.

I solder wires well, actually, but prefer crimps for most connections.

I made the screen longer than stock. Hopefully, with a marginal tank it won't clog as fast.

Since I have an extra tank, I think I will try coating the older one.




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[Rich Ard]

What did you pull the little brass fitting from? I think we might have something similar in the 'big box of lamp parts'.

 

[mydlyfkryzis]

It was in the petcock from the original brass screen. I telescoped a slightly smaller tube into it.


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