daugherty
part time reefer
ok i will tell you the truth those needle valves are crap they work for awhile than they start to leak how do you fix it replace the pipe i have had to do that a couple times. i would just get a compresson valve and get a end that will go from a 3\8 fitting on the valve to 1\4 for the tubing that is what i did. than cut the pipe put a little peice of bread in the pipe to keep it dry and put the tee in than solder it all together but connect the valve to a peice of short pipe and solder it all to the tee first that solder the tee with everything already on it. and before you hook up the tubing parts put a bucket under the valve and open it to get the bread out. i have done this many times if you get to big of a peice of bread it will clog the pipe you just need a little peice that will fit in the pipe maybe about the size af a quarter.
