Update
I just got off of the Phone with Randy Meyer from Precision Products. He rebuilds our control valves for $90 (if it doesn't need any hard parts). Take a minute to look at his web page and the description of what he does to bebuild it.
The good thing for me is that he is about 10 miles away from me in San Antonio.
Next, we talked about how to get the ball stud off. He said that the Jaw type pullers have broken when he's used them too. He said that he now uses the type of puller below.
The other important thing, Randy said, was to use an impact gun on the bolt of the tool. He said that using an impact gun hammers the bolt to loosen the stud without any side to side motion (which ruins the ball stud socket).
Randy has offered to loan me his puller -- which I thought was a really nice thing to do. I already have a compressor, and it just so happens that I'm getting an impact gun under the tree this year
By the way, I checked a few T-Bird parts houses and found the cost on a rebuilt control valve to be getting out of sight. Anywhere from $200 to $300 WITH a rebuildable core. If your core isn't rebuildable, then add another $100 to the cost.
Bird Nest lost their rebuilder, and doesn't even offer the control valve any more. And the internal metal "hard" parts to rebuild them are getting harder to find. So be careful getting this thing off.
I'll post something when I can try to get this done.
I just got off of the Phone with Randy Meyer from Precision Products. He rebuilds our control valves for $90 (if it doesn't need any hard parts). Take a minute to look at his web page and the description of what he does to bebuild it.
The good thing for me is that he is about 10 miles away from me in San Antonio.
Next, we talked about how to get the ball stud off. He said that the Jaw type pullers have broken when he's used them too. He said that he now uses the type of puller below.
The other important thing, Randy said, was to use an impact gun on the bolt of the tool. He said that using an impact gun hammers the bolt to loosen the stud without any side to side motion (which ruins the ball stud socket).
Randy has offered to loan me his puller -- which I thought was a really nice thing to do. I already have a compressor, and it just so happens that I'm getting an impact gun under the tree this year
By the way, I checked a few T-Bird parts houses and found the cost on a rebuilt control valve to be getting out of sight. Anywhere from $200 to $300 WITH a rebuildable core. If your core isn't rebuildable, then add another $100 to the cost.
Bird Nest lost their rebuilder, and doesn't even offer the control valve any more. And the internal metal "hard" parts to rebuild them are getting harder to find. So be careful getting this thing off.
I'll post something when I can try to get this done.
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