Water glass issue

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Gra2472
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Water glass issue

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Have any of you had any problems with the bottom shut off on an older style godshalls water glass? I can’t quite shut it off completely. I cleaned it last winter. Well, I thought I did anyways……. Any ideas?

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Bill Shields
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Replace valve?
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
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cbrew
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relap the valve seats?
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...contact Godshall?
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My water glass valve problem wasn't on his valves or on a Godshall boiler, but I replaced all the water glass valves on my engine with ball valves I bought from Wayne Godshall. They work fine and make it easy to test-blow the glass.
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