Help with my valve!!

[chadb]

this is the best pic i can get of my unloader valve I wrote about a few days ago. I dont want to remove it til i have the replacement. its on a steamaction stealth, have a general emperor pump if that matters. guy from steamaction says its a general valve but wont give me any more info cause he wants to sell me his. says he has to modify it.. All i can see is he has removed the spring under the knob and put in about 15 washers. anyone know why he would do this? i assume its to stabilize it since its mounted on the side of the machine and the knob is whats holding on. seems odd, anyway thanks in advance for any help. http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k367 ... D-orig.jpg hope this link works

chad

 

[renegade_cowboy]

If you bought a machine from that company, then why don't you buy parts from them too?

Trying to save a buck sometimes isnt worth it.

 

[chadb]

Because I've had very bad dealings with this company. I could care less about saving a buck, its about this guy being a crook and ripping people off. I refuse to do any more business with him.

 

[Jim Martin]

can you see a part number on it anywhere.....

 

[chadb]

I couldn't find one. I've found several that look similar to this one but not exactly. I knew it was a shot in the dark with apic this bad but it was the best I could manage

 

[Jimbo]

Maybe here...http://www.dultmeier.com/products/search/5742

But like Uncle Jim Martin says...if you had the #'s off the side you could call Dultmier and land the part...

 

[chadb]

I didn't see a number, its probably on the one spot I can't see at all. I'll have to pull it off, its just in a horrible spot and is difficult to get to. Thanks for the reminder about dultmeier, id forgotten about them

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Bane used to remove tags and grind off numbers. I wouldn't put it past John Sales to do the same thing.

 

[Goomer]

Maybe you can squeeze in there with a small dental mirror and flashlight to check for a number??

 

[chadb]

Yeah, I've learned the hard way all about good ol john sales. Like I said he's a crook. I could write a short novel about my experience with him since I bought this machine. more like a horror story. I will say its a great machine now that I've practically rebuilt it, but it was done with no help from him

 

[Tony Neville]

Are the washers cupped and placed as a set to create a void?

http://www.wclco.com/Spring_Washers/Descriptions.php

Tony

 

[Able 1]

Yeah, I've learned the hard way all about good ol john sales. Like I said he's a crook. I could write a short novel about my experience with him since I bought this machine. more like a horror story. I will say its a great machine now that I've practically rebuilt it, but it was done with no help from him

We like short novels.. Type AWAY..

 

[Ron Werner]

find yourself a good pressure washer repairman, they'll help you out.
Its an unloader, should be able to replace it with anything that does the same job. They all have the same threads.

 

[idreadnought]

why not rebuild it? Usually just soft parts go bad. I bought a couple oring kits that are viton from ebay. Now I can usually just fix stuff much faster than removing. I change the o-ring in my unloaders in about 5 minutes.

 

[KevinD]

Bane used to remove tags and grind off numbers. I wouldn't put it past John Sales to do the same thing.

Every number was ground off every part on my first Hydracat

 

[KevinD]

I didn't see a number, its probably on the one spot I can't see at all. I'll have to pull it off, its just in a horrible spot and is difficult to get to. Thanks for the reminder about dultmeier, id forgotten about them

I just replaced the same unloader on a SteamAction unit.

I used a AL702 Unloader
Best part is it uses a $2 oring from Advance Auto Parts 7mmX11mmX2mm to repair it.

http://www.shopetsonline.com/AL702-p/al702.htm

All you need is: In / Out / and Bypass

 

[chadb]

Think I found the right one, ordered it today. Its a general zkhm. Ordered it from thepressureauthority.com They had cheapest prices I could find, and free shipping. Ill rebuild the old one after I get this one in so ill have a spare. Thanks for all the help!!
Chad Bright