{"id":46,"date":"2014-04-19T11:50:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T16:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/?p=46"},"modified":"2014-04-19T14:19:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T19:19:18","slug":"air-compressordrain-valve-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/air-compressordrain-valve-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Air CompressorDrain valve replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

I lost one compressor to a bad drain valve that I could not close after a few year and that I could not get out at all.<\/p>\n

I like the new Craftsman compressor I got but the drain valve started acting up as well, not sealing well when closed, so after the warranty was over I decided to change it and make it easier to drain the compressor.<\/p>\n

Step 1 is to remove the drain valve… some red thread locker was used. I had no problem removing it but you might want to use a torch to ease it up. Then clean up the threads a little.<\/p>\n

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Here are the parts I used (I simply went to HomeDepot for them – you might need different lengths of pipe for your compressor):<\/p>\n

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Start putting things together. I used thread sealer for the connections.<\/p>\n

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I also used a hose so I direct the drain water to a small pan, instead of having it go on the floor and discoloring it.<\/p>\n

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And here is the drain valve I removed.<\/p>\n

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I lost one compressor to a bad drain valve that I could not close after a few year and that I could not get out at all. I like the new Craftsman compressor I got but the drain valve started acting up as well, not sealing well when closed, so after the warranty was over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[17,19,20,38,18,16],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools","tag-air-compressor","tag-drain","tag-drain-valve","tag-garage","tag-improvement","tag-tool"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ericjoannes.com\/fixedit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}