Anyone want to play guess what this is?

[Miggi]

Hello all.

I have a leaky stop cock.

However I have trawled the interwebs and ebay looking for the part to help me identify it with no luck.

Please see the attached picture

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I know it needs a new washer but in my efforts of tightening it up to much I have slightly coned it off. It is the type that fits directly into the soldered copper pipe T joint drain valve.

Any help is much appreciated.

Cheers.

 

[Agile]

I dont really understand what you are asking for.

Do you really expect to be able to buy a small component of a stopcock so that you can fit it into an old tap?

A stopcock costs under £10 and any normal person would just replace it.

Internal parts are not available as spares if thats what you expect.

Tony

 

[Miggi]

I dont really understand what you are asking for.

Do you really expect to be able to buy a small component of a stopcock so that you can fit it into an old tap?

A stopcock costs under £10 and any normal person would just replace it.

Internal parts are not available as spares if thats what you expect.

Tony

I did expect to be able to replace it. Must be my naievety. I thought it may be a common part. I have no pipe soldering experience so I was simply hoping to replace the innards, new washer / screw fitting etc.

If it was easy to replace I would. It is an inline drain valve which has been soldered in place. Do you have any reccomendations?

 

[fishhead1]

http://www.screwfix.com/p/drain-cock-type-b-light-pattern-15mm/49284

 

[Miggi]

I've just realised that that drops into the T section on the copper pipe doesn't it...

What a pillok.

Thanks guys.

 

[Agile]

Whilst you cannot buy internal parts its quite possible that if you buy a new one you might find that you can just change the inside!

It all depends on the make and design.

If soldering its essential the inside is removed whilst its being soldered.

Tony

 

[Miggi]

Excellent.

I'm going to go Leyland on my lunch break and see if I can match it up.

Thanks.

 

[ChrisOxford]

If no luck, you could mount the old bit in a vice (using bits of wood to stop the jaws damaging the threads), then use a file to square-off the bit that's been rounded-off. Use a good quality adjustable spanner as a gauge to check that the sides are parallel, then use the same to open and close it in future, not water pump pliers or Stillsons.

Would only take 10 mins at a guess.

 

[Charnwood]

You initially said stopcock to throw everyone of the scent, but what you have in your hand appears to be the innards to a type B draincock, as per the link from fishead1.

 

[ChrisOxford]

True, but nobody was fooled (except Tony )

 

[Miggi]

Thank you all for you help.

I bought the Type-b and removed the washer and as luck would have it fitted perfectly.

Cheers.

 

[Charnwood]

You're welcome! We aim to please.

Well, most of us do.

 

[namsag]

You would have thought someone who claims to be in the top 100 boiler engineers in the country could recognise something as basic as a drain cock and know that a 10p washer would fix it.

Good job he didnt charge his usual £84 diagnostic fee.

 

[Agile]

The fault was stated to be the rounded off square head ! It was acknowledged that the washer was missing.

Its sensible to quote realistic prices for parts.

Do you really expect Parts Centre to charge you just 10p for one of those?

 

[ChrisOxford]

The fault was stated to be the rounded off square head ! It was acknowledged that the washer was missing.

That's what I thought too, hence my description of how it could be repaired.

I presumed the OP already had a spare washer to hand somehow.

I hope you took my tongue-in-cheek comment about you in the way it was intended, Tony