Recent content by rxbandit1

The valves are officially removed. A little WD40 and a fabbed up wrench did the job. As for the future of this keg, my buddy wants to purchase it from me and use it for distilling oils. He makes and sells homemade perfumes and fragrances. I might just keep it around until I make up my mind.

I will probably weld a 2" flanged ferrule and clamp it. I understand why they used the wood/cork. They rely on it swelling into place.

This was depressurized before I received it. Lucky me. I removed the bung awhile back and replaced it with a rubber one laying around from a previous project. The keg is very cool and retro but extremely well built and difficult to modify hahaha. Thanks for your time and assistance. I couldn't...

That's what I was guessing. Any clue how I go about removing the valves?

It looks like a 55 gallon bung wrench would fit in the slots.

1 Top Valve, 1 Side Bung, 1 Bottom Valve.

The more and more I read up on this keg, it seems to be a golden gate style keg rather than a hoff-stevens. Can anyone confirm this?

I got her polished up nice. Now I need to figure these friggin valves out. The internet doesn't like to work on these old gems. Bump!

So I stayed after work today to polish up this ole boy. I was losing a little hope earlier but that slowly changed as I applied more and more polishing compound and the hone of a grinder. Should i just seal up the old valves and proceed with my own? Id like some opinions. Thanks!

I called 3 different brewing shops and a supply company and nobody knew what the hell i was talking about when I told them I had a Hoff-Stevens valve on my keg. This is going to be interesting.

Thank you sir. I appreciate your reply greatly.

Ladies and Gents, I have an old old AB pony keg that I am working on but I am hitting a roadblock. How do I remove the cores/valves from the top and bottom. Are they sanke style? I am quite green at "keg identification." Any help is appreciated! Thanks!