Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - Leaky gas valve

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essde
01-29-08, 12:38 PM
After sucessfully rebuilding the blower on my old Hobart furnace, I noticed that the knob on top of the Honeywell gas valve was loose. After wiggling it to get it to turn, lighting the pilot got me a lfire-ball off the valve...it now leaks severely. I shut the gas line to it off within seconds so no panic. I can't find a replacement OEM part anywhere for the Honeywell valve #V8280A1039. Anyone know about upgrading this thing or rebuilding the valve? I've come this far and hope I can save the furnace.

Ed Imeduc
01-29-08, 12:44 PM
Id say know what you are doing for sure here. Take the gas valve with you to a HVAC supply company . Any of them should have a gas valve to replace it. For sure dont try and rebuild it.
hankhill6018
01-29-08, 02:54 PM
Like Ed said, the valves are not field repairable. You are best off going to a supply house and finding a match for it. As long as the inlet and outlet line up, and you find one to match your spec's of the furnace, you should be good to go. There are even some universal gas valves out there that may work.

Just a word of warning, if the supply houses out there are like the ones by me, they will want the make, model and serial # of the furnace so they can look it up in the computer. You often get reps that don't understand the concept that they have to go to the shelves and look for a match.