Then i unscrewed the knob til it came off.
Freon tank check valve.
Inside the valve body was a ball bearing and spring.
To take the valve apart i had to grind through the lip around the edge with a dremel tool.
The seat is separate from the knob so any attempt to back fill the tank repositions the seat to block the flow into the tank.
When i twist the knob on the valve all of the way 4 turns nothing comes out.
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The part on the other end says not to adjust it.
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Now i could fill the tank.
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I must be missing something or this valve is screwed up.
Two views of the top of the valve with the ground off lip shown.
I spent some time seeing if it could be overcome with backyard engineering but the juice wasn t worth the squeezing.
Kit includes filler valve gauge 4 air hose assembly manifold and air chuck.
Is there something else i need to do.
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I can t figure out this valve on a 30lb freon tank.
I pulled them out and reassembled the valve.
That was the check valve.
How do you get 30 of r 22 freon out of a new green tank that has a valve that will turn but not open on a new dupont tank.
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This tank was purchased at an auction.
The new freon tanks don t use a valve that allows back filling.