going to try bottom pouring.

[corey012778]

I bought an old lee pro IV that was missing it's valve stem a couple of years ago. been ladling out of it. decided to go on and fix it and try bottom pour.

any suggestion of anything else I should do while i have it empty?

[runfiverun]

clean all the gunk out.
green scrubby,wire wheel,whatever don't breathe the dust.
then boil a little water in it when done and wipe it dry.

[Sasquatch-1]

When you get the new stem you may want to get some valve lapping compound and lap the stem to the spout.

[corey012778]

thanks for the advise,

[corey012778]

went to pull the plug the former owner put in pot. would not move. looked in side. looks like it was pop riveted in.

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[Spawn-Inc]

take the bottom plate/stand off and see if you can drill it out.

[MT Chambers]

Remember that the reason most folks did this conversion is because of the leaking problem with these pots, they weren't called Lee-kamatic for no reason.

[corey012778]

I am going to hold off on the work on the pot for a little while. i ladle out of it anyway. might just buy the pot insert and do the quick easy fix on that.