Good product-good price.
Works perfectly except for one very minor glitch. The holes on the plastic cap are not spaced exactly the same as the screw holes below. I took the cap to the drill press, enlarged the holes slightly and then it all went together OK. The old bronze top that screws into the main casting was somewhat seized up and difficult to remove. I didn’t want to use heat because of the rubber and plastic inside, so I sprayed a little WD-40 around the threads, let it soak for 15 minutes and used a large pipe wrench to grip the studs and unscrew it. It came out OK once it came loose. Everything went back together easily except for the three cap screws that I mentioned. I would definitely recommend this product. Sprinklers are running right now with no leaks. BTW, my original problem was that the valve had obviously frozen at some point. I need to rewrap the heat tape and come up with some sort of insulation. Read more
