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Which part is damaged?

The whole solenoid valve (£65ish?) or just the black knurled threaded thing - which is just a fancy nut which holds the electromagnet down on the base of the pipe. In which case could probably be replaced with a nut & large washer. Probably some imperial thread though.

Here's the part's list for the valve: http://www.arbusa.com/alac/alsp/5-07.pdf

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Which part is damaged?

The whole solenoid valve (£65ish?) or just the black knurled threaded thing - which is just a fancy nut which holds the electromagnet down on the base of the pipe. In which case could probably be replaced with a nut & large washer. Probably some imperial thread though.

Here's the part's list for the valve: http://www.arbusa.com/alac/alsp/5-07.pdf

Hi Tom it would indeed be the black knurled thing thats the problem or whatever screwed into it before, am i right in thinking i can put any suitable bolt in there and it will do the job?

Rich thanks for the offer i'll come back to you if a trip down B&Q doesnt come up with something

cheers guys

Ed B

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Ed - if its the bit the screwed in to the top of the black knurled nut thing then you dont need it, its just a muffler to reduce the noise of the air coming out when you disengage the lockers, if your worried about stuff going in the top just put a through bolt in there, you would have to be pretty unlucky to get something down it its quite small.

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Hi Tom it would indeed be the black knurled thing thats the problem or whatever screwed into it before, am i right in thinking i can put any suitable bolt in there and it will do the job?

Rich thanks for the offer i'll come back to you if a trip down B&Q doesnt come up with something

cheers guys

Ed B

Don't put a bolt in the hole as it will block the exhaust of the valve (where the air comes out when you disengage a locker)

A nut and a washer will replace part (2) in the PDF. Make sure the coil is securely held on the shaft, apparently powering the coil when it's not on the shaft causes it to burn out.. Haven't tried this and don't intend to :o

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Don't put a bolt in the hole as it will block the exhaust of the valve (where the air comes out when you disengage a locker)

A nut and a washer will replace part (2) in the PDF. Make sure the coil is securely held on the shaft, apparently powering the coil when it's not on the shaft causes it to burn out.. Haven't tried this and don't intend to :o

It appears the coil (04) has become dislodged from the valve body (09) at some point and now air is comig through the top nut when the compressor engages which suggests that perhaps the valve stem or plunger have gone awol :blink: maybe i will have to get the complete solenoid valve after all..

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The innards cannot go AWOL, they are trapped inside. If you remove the coil and the two small screws under it you can get the plunger out and remove the foreign matter that is trapped in there causing the leak. The foreign matter is MOST unlikely to have entered through the exposed exhaust port. Most likely is some stray PTFE tape from assembly.

Chris

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The innards cannot go AWOL, they are trapped inside. If you remove the coil and the two small screws under it you can get the plunger out and remove the foreign matter that is trapped in there causing the leak. The foreign matter is MOST unlikely to have entered through the exposed exhaust port. Most likely is some stray PTFE tape from assembly.

Chris

cheers Chris i'll give that a go ;)

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