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On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 15:17, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > Try and find yourself a ball valve to replace that cheap petcock thing, > you'll be happier you did. Drain it after using, and sometimes during use depending > on temperature and humidity. My 80 gallon unit that I use for working on my > type3s had one of those cheap petcock valves, and that was the first thing I > replaced on it. I've been happy since, and the ball valve works so much better. > : ) I hope this helps. > My 60 gallon 7hp US General from Haror Freight, sits in an unheated part of the shop, but is always on. (wife can air her own flat tires). I am in the process of putting an automatic unloader on it, but it won't do much good in the winter, as the moisture will be frozen. Another trick, if it is in a heated area, is to just let the bleader valve leak, (just a liiiittle bit). This keeps all the moisture out of the tank. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~