I installed my valve last night and was wondering if anyones valve ever accidently came open? Has ayone made a plug to put over the end incase it flips open somehow? Am I being too anal?? lol

never heard of it.
not that I'm aware of.
Yes!

Hope this helps! =D

I have used Fumotos on various vehicles for the last 10 years and have never had one "accidentally" open. These devices seem to excite the imagination. Somebody a while ago thought that having a Fumoto would make one vulnerable to vandals crawling under the truck and opening the valve.

I installed my valve last night and was wondering if anyones valve ever accidently came open? Has ayone made a plug to put over the end incase it flips open somehow? Am I being too anal?? lol


They make a saftey clip that you put on the valve.

My valve has a spring-loaded locking tab on the lever as yours should. I've had mine on for 6 years and over 100,000 miles and it has never opened, been opened, been vandalized, hit by debris or suffered a para-psychological spirit kinesthetic anomoly in all that time.

You are being paranoid.

Put a hose clamp around the body, holding the handle in the locked position.

You can also find a rubber type cap to slip over the nipple, (friction fit), to keep debris out of the nipple and off of the ball.

or suffered a para-psychological spirit kinesthetic anomoly in all that time.

You are being paranoid.


Thats just funny.

Yup, you're paranoid.

Here's a link for the ss hose clip from Lubrication Specialist to ease your mind.

http://lubricationspecialist.com/front/showcontent.aspx?fileid=105

about 40,000 miles with mine and NO problems.

Fumoto's are the sheet.

Never had any problems with it in the past few years. Never leaks, never came open.

I keep a cap over it since I take an oil sample when draining. This keeps crud out that could show up in the analysis.

i bought mine from schied diesel at the 4x4 jamboree in lima a couple weeks ago. they gave me that spring clamp clip. i'm not worried about it as my skid plate will cover most of it.

Is it the F106 that fits our trucks?

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Is it the F106 that fits our trucks?

You want the F-106N, which has the nipple.

Had 1 on my 04 really helped with the skid pan need to get a new 1 for my lmm whos got them cheap??

Had 1 on my 04 really helped with the skid pan need to get a new 1 for my lmm whos got them cheap??

Don't know about cheap, but Kennedy, (a Supporting Vender), has them.
http://www.kennedydiesel.com/categoryresults2.cfm?Category=3&SubCategory=150

well i had one come open this winter! wife had my truck for a week and when i went back to get it there was oil all over the drive way..( she hadn't noticed ) moved it to the locked position and no more problem.. i can not figure out how it got open unless i did not latch it when i changed oil in the fall..

i think they are pretty much fool proof. have them on our work trucks also..

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I use the clip described in the previous post along w/ a cap.

A hose clamp works well to keep handle in locked position, and a 3/8" rubber cap over nipple to keep crap out of valve.

I always put a new cable tie on mine after an oil change. Valve can't open without cutting the cable tie off.