Removing the Tank Adapter
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Topic: Removing the Tank Adapter
Posted By: stormlifter
Subject: Removing the Tank Adapter
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 1:43pm
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I'm setting up a drop forward and need to remove the tank adapter. I'm having some serious troubles getting that thing off. Anyone have some suggestions as to how I can get that off so I can put the hose into my new drop forward? Thanks! |
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Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 1:47pm
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do you mean the adapter ware it screws into the tombstone? depending on yours it mite not come off....i got a adapter that scews into the tombstone and then a got a micro fitting and screwed it into the adapter ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 2:11pm
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No... not talking about the part that goes into the tombstone. Talking about the Tank Adapter (02-06 part) that goes into the grip. I need to figure out how to either get the gas line out of the 90 degree elbow or the elbow out of the tank adapter. Thanks |
Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 2:15pm
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oh...ok use a wrench that will fit it and unscrew..if that didn't work try heating it up with a torch because it may have thread locker on it and heating it up will melt the thread locker ------------- http://imageshack.us">
tippya5extreme |
Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 2:33pm
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a torch, hrmm, don't know if I have one of those... Any recommendations for someone who doesn't have a torch :) I have a dremel and a soldering iron, that's it I'm asuming I need to buy some of that "thread locker" from a hardware store to put back on when I put it into my dead-on drop forward |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 2:41pm
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No, use thread tape.
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Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 3:15pm
| Mkay, so any tips on getting that darn thing off?? |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 3:54pm
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If you have the ASA removed from the bottom of the grip, you can turn on a burner on the kitchen stove top, let the burner get hot, then lay the ASA on it until it becomes hot (30 seconds to 2 minutes). Wearing a pair of gloves to keep from burning your hands, a Vise Grip on the ASA and the proper fitting wrench on the hose fitting should screw things right apart. Temperature of the ASA really does not have to be that hot. (actually about 300 to 350 degrees F). If you go too hot, the plastic/rubber hose that is inside the steel braid may melt. -------------  
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stormlifter wrote:Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 5:14pm
| Hrmmm... Thanks Mr Frank, hope I don't burn mysellf nasty! :) Off to the kitchen I go! |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 6:08pm
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Be sure to keep the braided hose away...only laying the ASA actually on the burner. -------------
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Posted By: FarSeer
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 6:19pm
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The next time we'll see him is in the emergency room. ------------- http://tbish.webs.com/tippy.html - My E-Bolted 98 |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 6:29pm
Or with his hose totally borked. I know I'd screw that up for sure. |
Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 6:45pm
| Anyone got a better idea? Cause I was about to try this till I saw your posts and I got scared :) |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 6:47pm
Try the old loose tooth trick. Tie one end of some dental floss around the adapter, and the other end of the floss to a doorknob. Hold the hose, and get someone to slam the door. Lemme know if it works. |
Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 7:11pm
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ROFL! You don't understand how tight that thing is in there! I find it hard to believe that more people havn't had to do this, I see a lot of drop-forwards out there, can't somebody tell me how to set this up! |
Posted By: pooperscooper
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 9:36pm
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Just get a crescent wrench and a vise with some rags in it so you don't scratch the ASA. I did it with my HAND and a crescent wrench... |
Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 9:54pm
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have a candle? or use a match....you done even have to heat it up intil its red..just hot till t comes off ------------- http://imageshack.us">
tippya5extreme |
Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 12:52pm
| Got her off! WooT! She came right off after I gave her a little heat. Now I just have to wrap it with some tape and she's ready for my nitro tank :) |
Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 1:12pm
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Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 2:24pm
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great now a whole new set of problems, darn drop forward won't keep the air in. I put thread tape on everything and when I screw the on/off in to let the air flow it just leaks everywhere. I got this drop forward used so I'm asuming that there must be an o-ring somewhere or something. Anyone have an idea of what to do? |
Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 2:31pm
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thats what i would say... ------------- http://imageshack.us">
tippya5extreme |
Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 2:34pm
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Got it! There was an O-Ring in the On/Off part of the drop forward! I'm good now! |
Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 2:38pm
| ROFL! To add the issues... I got it to work, but now the plunger sort of thing that goes back and forth due to the on/off switch... well, it was only poorly soddered onto the screw, so now I've got to sodder it back on! |
Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 3:17pm
| Soldering didn't work :) |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 3:42pm
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SPECIFICALLY, where is it leaking? -------------
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Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 3:48pm
| Well I fixed the leak, it ended up being the o-ring on the little plunger thing... fixed that. |
Posted By: stormlifter
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 10:22pm
| I just used some metal epoxy to stick it back on, guess that'll work for now. |