As others have pointed out, you took the long way around. But it's done and working. You live; you learn. I've been wrenching on my own rusty vehicles for a couple decades at this point and have made very similar mistakes. The best thing you can do is learn and improve next time you're presented with a similar issue. Thanks for sharing. Looks like you've already helped a lot of others.
Buy a *Pipe Nipple Extractor Set* Ten bucks at harbor freight. I had my broken off brass tube out in under 10 minutes and a new one inserted. HF also had a brand new drain valve. I was out of that store in 10 minutes for 16 bucks - you don't need to drill yours out unless you want to! It's simple, you tap in the extractor tool that fits into the broken off tube, then put a wrench on the tool and back it out counter clockwise.
Yeah it's a life saver. I tried to get the tube out of the compressor with other tools and luckily I didn't try too much to the point where I made it unfixable! Grab that tool before you try anything else! If you already tried something else, I hope you can get it out!
I got the Pipe Nipple Extractor and I tried turning it counter clockwise, but I can't budge it. I had not touched it prior to using this tool. What can I do now short of drilling?
@@nancywilliams7833 Aw man sorry to hear that. You tapped it in there pretty good and no luck? Hammer? Do u think maybe spraying a little penetrant on the threads might help?
Can you make more videos? This one was exactly what I needed and so helpful! I even looked to see what other "tool tips" you had. I was bummed to find there aren't any more listed, but thankfully, I found this one. Thank you!
With all the drilling and tapping, what did you do to clear the debris out from inside the tank? I have this exact issue that you had and I'll be trying this
Have a 20 gallon 2.5Hp Stand up on wheels.. That was a quick on sale grab 3 days ago Instead of wheeling it out Compressor first I when out and had the Compressor in tow ..Well the Valve at the bottom of the tank caught the edge of the step I'm hoping i can take just the right size die and it will eat out the softer brass and regroove the steel behind it ...we shall see tomorrow
if you wanted to place a 3/8" nipple/adapter to replace the broken 1/4" valve, why did you drill the hole up to 9/16"? Seems that would have enlarged the hole much more than you wanted for threads of the insert to grip the new threads in the hole. In other words, the 3/8" nipple securely threaded into a drilled out 9/16" hole. How does this work? Thanks for the video
