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Fixing a clunker keg, or how my lathe saved me a few bucks.
11/16/2011 5:36:31 PM
I picked up another keg from a pile of klunkers at the local a while back. Looked OK at first, until I tried to hook up the gas and liquid connects.
After fiddle fucking around a bit, I came to the conclusion that both posts were "gas" posts. Not to mention that it was an old Firestone Pepsi keg with a straight dip tube down the side (that went into a pocket in the outside of the bottom rather than in the center). Odd posts also as the O-ring groove wasn't square cut, had a bevel inside that made the standard size O-rings not seat deeply enough. (Must have used a smaller O-ring).
A little measuring, a few cuts here and there and squared up the O-ring groove with a little parting tool and it's now a working liquid post that takes the same O-rings as the rest.
11/16/2011 5:39:36 PM
Originally Posted By Waldo:
I picked up another keg from a pile of klunkers at the local a while back. Looked OK at first, until I tried to hook up the gas and liquid connects.
After fiddle fucking around a bit, I came to the conclusion that both posts were "gas" posts. Not to mention that it was an old Firestone Pepsi keg with a straight dip tube down the side (that went into a pocket in the outside of the bottom rather than in the center). Odd posts also as the O-ring groove wasn't square cut, had a bevel inside that made the standard size O-rings not seat deeply enough. (Must have used a smaller O-ring).
A little measuring, a few cuts here and there and squared up the O-ring groove with a little parting tool and it's now a working liquid post that takes the same O-rings as the rest.
I picked up another keg from a pile of klunkers at the local a while back. Looked OK at first, until I tried to hook up the gas and liquid connects.
After fiddle fucking around a bit, I came to the conclusion that both posts were "gas" posts. Not to mention that it was an old Firestone Pepsi keg with a straight dip tube down the side (that went into a pocket in the outside of the bottom rather than in the center). Odd posts also as the O-ring groove wasn't square cut, had a bevel inside that made the standard size O-rings not seat deeply enough. (Must have used a smaller O-ring).
A little measuring, a few cuts here and there and squared up the O-ring groove with a little parting tool and it's now a working liquid post that takes the same O-rings as the rest.
I can't see a single one of your pics.
11/16/2011 6:19:21 PM
Originally Posted By NoHarmNoFAL:
I can't see a single one of your pics.
I can't see a single one of your pics.
I have a one track mind and was on a mission to make it work. Never thought about taking pics.
But on the O-ring groove and it having a taper cut, I figure it had the effect of making the seal tighter as you pushed down on the liquid connect, forcing the O-ring down onto the taper and making it expand. Which is all well and good except for the fact that it took a bastard (smaller) size than the rest of the kegs.
