That crazy Andair valve! The extension only goes in one way and so does the value knob. It took me quite a while to get my head around this.

I made all sorts of marks on bits of tape in the end. I kept grabbing the valve and blowing through it to be 200% sure I had thing right.

I had bought only one linkage for the valve but on fitting found I needed two. I needed another 20 degrees of turn, so a new one had to come from England. Don’t ask how much this all cost!

Finally I realised that the only way to get what I wanted was to cut the extension rod, rotate it 90 degrees and rejoin it. I found some aluminium tube the right OD to fit the extension ID after some time. Getting roll pins was ‘crazy hard’. Most people in shops don’t even know what they are.

Pic 3 shows I have them in place and you might see that the extender rod is ‘rotated’. Trust me when I say it all works as I want it now. I bet my life on it.

Extender in place

A break and a reset

Correct orientation