Sullivan filler valves

If you use the DuBro valve shown at

won't have the problem of two different line sizes, and standard blue silicone lines work nicely on Sullivan tanks, DuBro fueler valves, and K&B .61 engines.

And there are rebuild kits available for the DuBro valves.

Still have my 1985 K&B .61 _and_ the first DuBro fueler valve I ever bought. Engine and valve have been in six different models, nary a glitch with either. Cheers, Fred McClellan The House Of Balsa Dust

I have just removed two Sulivan valves due to split outer housings. The split seemed to be caused by the end cap being a press fit into the main body. Over the years the press fit stresses caused the body to fail. These were at least 5 years old and the planes had not been flown in the past year so I don't know exactly when the failure occured.

I already have the Sullivan valve. I bought 2 for different planes. One filler valve works fine in the 1/4 cub but I didn't consider the size difference at the time with the K&B. I guess I'll make adapters from different size brass tubing soldered together to get by. Thanks for your information though. . .

The point is that they can split at any time. Not really a big deal but why install something that has demonstrated the potential to fail on more than one occasion?

I already have the Sullivan valve. I bought 2 for different planes. One filler valve works fine in the 1/4 cub but I didn't consider the size difference at the time with the K&B. I guess I'll make adapters from different size brass tubing soldered together to get by. Thanks for your information though. . . ===================================== Sullivan makes tubing adaptors Tower sells them, $1.15 for two.