Saf-Air oil quick drains

[willerjim273]

My K model has hardly used any oil at all SMOH 3 years ago.  But she has always peed a squirt on the nose tire. 

I changed that oil and found the Saf-Air spring loaded Red quick drain oil plug leaking slightly. So I ordered a Saf-Air S-6250K rebuild kit form Spruce. Figuring it would take them a while to dig one up, we recowled for a trip upcoming. I do not have the exact model, but they appear to all be the same desigh.  The kit arrived today and it looks like it was packaged around the time I gratuated high school. 

When I did have the "plug" in my hand, I was having trouble figuring out how we would get it apart even if we did have a kit at that time. Now it is back in the plane. 2 questions:

Would it be your opinion to pitch the kit due to age?

 I understanding that the ""red" ones like mine only have one o-ring" (Santos a few years ago as I recal). That would mean that the bottom-easy to replace- o-ring is the only one to replace. I have a hard time believeing that there is not another one, or top one. 

 

he package I have has a spring, 3 o-rings, a new drain gasket, as shown below.  

Last is best question: We have searched all over the net and can NOT find any .pdf or instructions for that quick drain. Anybody help on that? 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest]

One member here lost most of the oil through a leaky drain valve.  I’d suggest either a new drain valve, the blue style are supposed to have two O rings, or the solid plug and gasket that was originally installed.

Clarence

[jetdriven]

The blue style take 3 o-rings.  It’s either two -10 and one -11 or vice verse. But cheap and easy.