In der Facebook Gruppe "Model T Ford Owners" hat man mir eine hervorragende Anleitung gegeben, wie ich den Benzinhahn unter dem Tank dicht bekomme. Die Anleitung lautet so:
- Wassersammler ausbauen
- Benzinhahn ausbauen
- Benzinhahn mit Schleifpaste in den Sitz einschleifen (wie bei den Ventilen)
- Benzinhahn und Wassersammler wieder einbauen
Statt einer Ventilschleifpaste habe ich kurzfristig nur eine Polierpaste für Lack bekommen. Da es aber angeblich auch mit Zahnpasta funktioniert, versuche ich es mit der Lackpolitur einfach mal.
In the Facebook group "Model T Ford Owners" I was given excellent instructions on how to get the fuel tap under the tank tight. The instructions read like this:
- Remove sediment bowl assembly
- Remove fuel cock
- Grind fuel cock into seat with abrasive paste (same as valves)
- Reinstall fuel cock and sediment bowl assembly
Instead of a valve grinding paste I only got a polishing paste for varnish at short notice. But since it supposedly also works with toothpaste, I just try it with the lacquer polish.
First, we let the gasoline run out of the tank and dismount the water collector. Since the drain cock is a bit clogged, we have to help a bit.
When unscrewing the water collector, the rest of the gasoline still comes out of the tank.
The fuel tap is quickly disassembled.
With some grinding paste and a drill (A trick from the Facebook group), the cone can be quickly ground in.
We make a first tightness test without mounting the spring.
The fuel tap seems to be tight.
Even completely assembled, the fuel tap is tight. We mount it back on the tank na and cleaned after rinsing and cleaning it in the bucket with the drained gasoline. A lot of dirt comes out of it. The phone in the bucket is for size comparison.
I'm trying again to give my coffee filter a useful use. It works with gasoline. In the end, however, it takes me too long and I take a rag to filter.
Also mounted on the tank, the fuel tap now seems to be tight. I hope that the gasoline consumption will now be a little less when no more gasoline evaporates at the fuel tap.