Gas shut off stem leaking on McCormick Deering 10-20

Anonymous-0 · Jul 26, 2009

I have a 1928 McCormick Deering 10-20 and the gas leaks at the stem of the gas shut off. I tightened the packing nut but the nut is in as far as it can go. Hope someone can help. If I can't stop the leak is it possible to buy a new sediment bulb. It has two tanks, one large for keresone and a small tank for gasoline starting.

Thanks Wayne Wiseman

Old-F20 · Jul 26, 2009

take the nut off after you remove the entire needle assembly. get new packing to replace the old, then put it back together. seems silly to get a whole new assmbly when you only need to fix one protion of the old one

Dr. Bert · Jul 26, 2009

Wayne: You might want to try this. Drain the gas from the tank, Loosen the packing nut and back out the shutoff until you can see the shaft. Then wind a few wraps of water faucet packing material (a graphite coated cord-available at a hardware store) Screw the shutoff back in a ways and replace the nut. Be sure to turn in the shutoff as you tighten the nut.

Gas shut off stem leaking on McCormick Deering 10-20

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