Fixed My Lee 4-20 pot Leak Today
Today was a Christmas in June . I got 2 USPS packages 1 from Titan Reloading https://www.titanreloading.com/lee-p...d-melter-parts containing a inner Lee pot without a spigot EL3021 and Lee valve rod EL3427 for my 4-20 pot that's been leaking bad. I tried the coupling nut on the top of the rod trick by Backyard Inventor on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAx_wiD7-EA but it did not work. The original valve rod was not ground right I tried to regrind it but it is a rounded radius grind not a simple angle grind of about 45 degrees.. It was not ground as such all the way around as the pic shows if I got it up right here. I cleaned the spout with a pin that's used to close a turkey when its stuffed bent into a L on one end and the inside of the spout on the pot side best I could. Then I slightly lapped the rod and spout with Permatex valve grinding compound and filled it with 3 pounds of alloy from my lee 10 pound Production pot. The result was no leaking . It did offer a single drip when I turned it off and it cooled. I cast a couple dozen 250 grain .45 cowboy bullets and went to Greentop down in Richmond Va and bought a new Ruger Vaquaro .45 Colt to match my Ruger New Blackhawk .45 Colt so I will soon be out on the range and happy I got the Lee working as I was about to order a Magma Master Pot on Monday. It was a difficult choice I tell you The Master Pot Or The Ruger but I would have done well either way still Im glad I got the Lee working right .Attachment 243264