[C320-list] Changing Racor Filter

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Pat 
    why add a shutoff at the rancor --- I thought all rancor's had a built in shut off --- on the top of mine there is a white  plastic nut with a slot in it I just turn it with a screwdriver and it shuts off the fuel flow while changing the filter it's next to thee pump handle on the inlet side
    Al Ahlman
        #476

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Pat Moriarty <patm at psiurethanes.com> 

> Just attach the valve to the Racor and you still have the rubber 
> insulator but the valve is rigid now. Has worked for over a year for me. 
> 
> Pat 
> #130 
> 
> At 06:39 AM 9/1/2006, you wrote: 
> >Jon; 
> >Why not cut the hose at a convenient spot and insert a shut off 
> >valve. Since it would be only touching the rubber you would not have 
> >a problem with dissimilar metals. 
> >BARRY --... ...-- 
> >TRANSIT C-320 # 126 
> >----- Original Message ----- From: 
> >To: "C320-List" 
> >Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 8:29 AM 
> >Subject: Re: [C320-list] Changing Racor Filter 
> > 
> > 
> >>One additional note on the fuel shut off. You may not have a handle 
> >>(petcock) depending on the hull number to shut the fuel off at the 
> >>tank. When I purchased and installed my new tank, it came with an 
> >>anti siphon barb in place of the petcock that my '99 had. I prefer 
> >>the petcock, but because it is bronze and the new tank did not come 
> >>with a stainless sleeve to keep it from the aluminum tank, I will 
> >>have to stick with the anti-siphon. 
> >> 
> >>Regards, 
> >> 
> >>Jon Vez 
> >> 
> >>-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Warren 
> >>Updike" 
> >> 
> >>>Opinions on changing filters are like the nose: everyone has one. 
> >>> 
> >>>I had to re-read Herb's part about the fuel cutoff valve a couple 
> >>>of times to 
> >>>realize that as a "cutoff valve" he turns it on to stop the fuel. 
> >>>In my mind, I 
> >>>turn the valve off to stop the fuel. Either way, you don't want 
> >>>fuel to flow in 
> >>>the line when opening the Racor unit. 
> >>> 
> >>>I don't concern myself with the screw-on bottom until I get the 
> >>>filter off. To 
> >>>do that, I first loosen the filter slightly but not enough to leak. Then, I 
> >>>place a small plastic tub under the filter, unscrew it and drop it 
> >>>into the tub. 
> >>>Dump the rest of the fuel, top and bottom, and remove the bottom 
> >>>part. Be sure 
> >>>to clean well the bottom part. Take the black "O" ring out from the bottom 
> >>>part, wet it well with fuel, replace it and screw onto the new filter hand 
> >>>tight. Be sure you can remove the bottom by hand at this point. Wet out the 
> >>>new seal with fuel, fill the new cartridge nearly to the top with 
> >>>fuel and screw 
> >>>it into place, also hand tight. Open the fuel line shutoff. (Filling the new 
> >>>cartridge with fuel means that much less fuel to pump from the 
> >>>tank, and much 
> >>>less fuel to dispose of.) 
> >>> 
> >>>My engine is a Perkins M30 so the bleeding procedure may be 
> >>>different; but, if 
> >>>you have the hand pump on the Racor, I can bleed the entire line to the 
> >>>secondary filter from the Racor. As Herb described, loosen the 
> >>>bleed screw on 
> >>>the secondary (on Perkins it is a hex bolt; you can tell if this 
> >>>is the right 
> >>>one because a couple of threads down there is a hole through the screw. When 
> >>>you can see the hole, it's unscrewed enough.) Of course, use 
> >>>plenty of rags or 
> >>>absorbant towels. Pump the Racor pump until only solid stream of fuel comes 
> >>>from the bleed screw, and close it. I have never had to bleed the 
> >>>HP pump using 
> >>>this procedure, and I've never bothered with the lift pump as it 
> >>>has it's own 
> >>>set of issues. 
> >>> 
> >>>Warren & Pattie Updike 
> >>>C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar" 
> >>>Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River 
> >>>Chesapeake Bay 
> > 
> > 
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