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My newly purchased Iseki TL3200 tractor was needing attention with the fuel shut off valve. When you buy something used,
you have no idea what the previous owner may have done. The fuel on-off valve on the tractor didn't seem to work at all so
of course I had to take it all apart to find out what the problem might be. The on-off valve had been broken and the valve was in
on position no matter what the valve handle was indicating. It really needed to be fixed as there was a dripping condition in the
overflow line. I could see that the pot metal valve assembly was stripped of the teeth that would operate the valve so the thing
I had to do was somehow replace those "dogs" that could operate the valve assembly. I used my milling machine and carefully
drilled two holes and press fitted in two steel "pins". Anyway, a photo pretty much shows what I did to make the repair.
After I was satisfied with the result, I took the repaired assembly over to the tractor and installed it. It seems to work fine with
no leaks that I was able to determine. The valve itself is some sort of plastic which is tapered with a spring to hold tension.
The grooves in the valve itself are operated by the handle that I added two " teeth" to rotate it. These parts are quite small so
I was challenged to get the holes exactly where they needed to be so there would be no leaks. I replaced the "O" ring as it
looked a little flaky. Anyway, that's one of the things I did today in the shop. My other shop project was cleaning... a lot of
cleaning....!
you have no idea what the previous owner may have done. The fuel on-off valve on the tractor didn't seem to work at all so
of course I had to take it all apart to find out what the problem might be. The on-off valve had been broken and the valve was in
on position no matter what the valve handle was indicating. It really needed to be fixed as there was a dripping condition in the
overflow line. I could see that the pot metal valve assembly was stripped of the teeth that would operate the valve so the thing
I had to do was somehow replace those "dogs" that could operate the valve assembly. I used my milling machine and carefully
drilled two holes and press fitted in two steel "pins". Anyway, a photo pretty much shows what I did to make the repair.
After I was satisfied with the result, I took the repaired assembly over to the tractor and installed it. It seems to work fine with
no leaks that I was able to determine. The valve itself is some sort of plastic which is tapered with a spring to hold tension.
The grooves in the valve itself are operated by the handle that I added two " teeth" to rotate it. These parts are quite small so
I was challenged to get the holes exactly where they needed to be so there would be no leaks. I replaced the "O" ring as it
looked a little flaky. Anyway, that's one of the things I did today in the shop. My other shop project was cleaning... a lot of
cleaning....!
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