Kegger bypass hose fitting...R&R help
 

Hi,

I have been trying to figure out how to remove my leaking bypass fitting. I also need to know where to get a new one.

Thanks, this thing has me stumped.:icon_nut:

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Its just a pipe fitting. Should come out with a pipe wrench.

Is it damaged? Leaking around the threads?

Diggin' the blue! Kegger is pretty friggin clean too!

Thanks stewie and HeyYou, yes, it has weeped some out of the threads. I can't get a pipe wrench on it and was hoping there was either a tool or a trick to get a good enough grip on it to turn it. It's tight.

heat and the right size 6 point combo wrench.

Nope. Nothing for the wrench to grab, it's round.

I'll drill a hole through it tomorrow and stick a big screwdriver in it, that ought to work.

I think the round fittings (without a hex) are slotted on the end... OK for insertion, but by the times they're up for removal, it doesn't help.

Maybe a large easyout will get it?

I don't have an easy out that large. Yes, installation when new is no problem. After time, corrosion and thousands of heat cycles, mine seems nearly impossible to get out. Just like the 2 broken front intake manifold bolts.

In a bit I'll go drill a hole through it...Indycar qualifying at Indy has me sidetracked.

Screwdriver should get it.

Those are some damn sexy fuel rails

good name brand vice grips and a little heat from a propane torch

Thanks Ham Bone, I wanted something that would match my wires.

h3lz...I've been using Vice Grips brand vice grips...they shred the fitting. Have been avoiding heat to not ugly up my shine.

Now that I have the screwdriver in, I can't hold the keg down.

Hate to put it in a vice and I sure don't want to install it this way. Might try wrapping it in a towel and sticking it in the vice.

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Have you used anu penetrating oil?

There is plenty of room to work on it installed with all the stuff off the engine.

Don't have someone around that can hold down the keg?

Don't know why I forgot about that. Will go soak it with PB. I agree, It SHOULD be easily fixable once installed.

No, but I will get it figured out. Will take it to a friend with a machine shop. He can fix about anything.

Funny how the simple stuff can be so troublesome.

ZPS.... (A.K.A Zoner Photo Studio) had something to do with that LMAO.

Not sure what you mean by this, care to explain?

I put the keg in a vice padded thick with towels, got a big cheater pipe and CCCRRRAAACCCKKK, sounded like the manifold broke...alls well.

Thank you for the help, I appreciate it.
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Looks like a D7 punch. Standard equipment for building grain bins

Standard equipment for lots of stuff around here. :) I manage a ranch.

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I got a little carried away with the spray paint today.

Nice color choice on the fuel rails. I should have used that color instead of black. Really makes them stand out.

Thanks AtomicDog,

I was hoping for something Mopar blueish. Good enough. I think I'll stop painting now, its like a drug. Tensioner, idler pulley insides...

I saw my fabricator today and should have plates and a pic for you Friday.

Face it, you will never stop. :) You will always find some other little detail to paint. (Yeah, this is the voice of experience too.....)

Lookin' really good.

Thanks HeyYou. I put new used heads on it and degreased a little....then some more...then

My name is Snowfan and I'm a sprayaholic.

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I am sure there is a twelve step program for that......

one of the reasons i have not started to do mine

The part # for the fitting is 53020185. Expensive at 22 bucks.

I found a few in my garage on old water pumps.