Anyone running PINGEL fuel valves on the street?

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Norman White makes up fuel taps based on these plumbing items......

He fits a filter as used by normal fuel taps......sells for less than £20 each as I recall.....

Says he has been doing them for years and they give best fuel flow of anything he has tried.....so, a lot cheaper than Pingel if you do them yourself of buy them ready done...

But the Scott ones look nice too....just need some details of flow...
 
Steve,
Don't use plumbing items.
Pneumatic ball valves use the correct seals, I'm not too sure that valves for plumbing/water will have.

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I have found that these are not up to the challenge( fragile) and do not recommend them.
jimbo said:
I bought a set of these for my Scott. Have not installed them yet, so I can't say anything about their performance. However they are just beautiful and should be hung on the wall :D




Anyone running PINGEL fuel valves on the street?

http://scottparts.co.uk/index.php?o...ry_id=12&virtuemart_product_id=189&Itemid=238
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Hi concours,
No experience of Pingel but I have found a pneumatics company ball valves and fittings using Viton tubing to be extremely effective, readily available and cheap - Oh, and quickly detachable to remove the tank/clear the fuel lines.
The brass extension (see photo) allows tap accessibility with 50 micron mesh tubes protruding into the tank.
The RH side empties to the bottom and then I switch the LH tap on for reserve i.e. the fuel left of the tunnel (which also empties to the bottom).
 
Jimbo, are you saying that the Scottparts taps are not up to the job? can you elaborate please? what aspect of them does not work or breaks? I can see that the spindle to the tap mechanism looks a bit puny.
 
gripper said:
Jimbo, are you saying that the Scottparts taps are not up to the job? can you elaborate please? what aspect of them does not work or breaks? I can see that the spindle to the tap mechanism looks a bit puny.
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Hi, The bodies are screwed together, they capture the ball valve plastic seals inside.When the taps are removed from the tank they will loosen , sometimes coming completely apart. Leaving a piece in the fuel tank . I will post photos tomorrow. Also the lever stops are not up to the task and break causing the lever to spin around. Too bad really as they are very nicely finished. BTW they are available in other places with different thread configurations. I used rebuilt old Norton taps , the good brass ones, and I believe they will preform nicely for many years.
 
I use a nylon sphere type valve, as sold by plumbers for domestic heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas. I wonder if there really is a "water only" type which is incompatible with road fuel.

I don't fit a gauze because I don't want roadside breakdowns caused by blockages. I use an inline filter.
 
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