What lubricant in caps on spool valve

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BeezFun

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The caps on my front loader valves were filled with rust and water, I cleaned them up and drilled a drain hole. What kind of lubricant should I put on the end of the spool that extends into the cap before I reassemble things? There was a light grease on there when I took it apart, not as heavy as regular grease that I use on the fittings.
 
   / What lubricant in caps on spool valve #2  
Any grease you have around is fine, no need to get fancy here. You want a medium/heavy grease though or it will run out of your drain hole when it gets hot.
 
   / What lubricant in caps on spool valve
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tnx, didn't think about it being too lightweight and running out.
 
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I rediscovered that my bucket has a float for the dump position. I never used that much and forgot all about it because there was so much water, ice and crap in the cap that I don't think the spool could extend far enough to go into the float position. Another good reason to put a drain hole in that cap.
 
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Great Beez, this was a huge issue in many older Kubota's
 

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