wandering neurons
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I found that the pressure protection valve from the wet tank on my M1081 was leaking where the two halves are assembled. No gasket in there. Made a gasket and was reassembling the entire christmas tree of fittings in prep for reinstallation onto the right angle fitting on the tank. I noticed something odd on the adapter that fits to the right angle fitting - a crack. Either someone overtorqued the fitting during assembly, or stress from bouncing around supporting the rest of the connections, but something cracked the fitting completely.
![cracked_air_fitting.jpg cracked_air_fitting.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/483/483633-a89de9393c0d8bc21cbe74e3f83577f7.jpg)
(vertical line in the back of the fitting. best that smartphone will do)
I assembled a new christmas tree of fittings using a new valve from NAPA. Their replacement for the KN31000 is a 90555396. Same pressures, but only 1/4" fittings on either end, not the 1/2" fittings. I can't find a valve with 1/2" fittings anywhere, so put together a bunch of adapters to make it fit. My bigger concern is that it won't support the same volume of air as the original valve.
Will see if a gasket will fix the leak in the old valve, and see if the fitting is a regular part somewhere.
But in the meantime, check the adapter just off the right angle on your wet tank...
![cracked_air_fitting.jpg cracked_air_fitting.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/483/483633-a89de9393c0d8bc21cbe74e3f83577f7.jpg)
(vertical line in the back of the fitting. best that smartphone will do)
I assembled a new christmas tree of fittings using a new valve from NAPA. Their replacement for the KN31000 is a 90555396. Same pressures, but only 1/4" fittings on either end, not the 1/2" fittings. I can't find a valve with 1/2" fittings anywhere, so put together a bunch of adapters to make it fit. My bigger concern is that it won't support the same volume of air as the original valve.
Will see if a gasket will fix the leak in the old valve, and see if the fitting is a regular part somewhere.
But in the meantime, check the adapter just off the right angle on your wet tank...