would this valve work

[StirCrazy]

ya I was thinking about that bruce, but as I see it being a irragation valve that is ment to be burried and operate for over 6 years (hence the 6 year warenty) I would imagin that they arre using a diecent grade of stainless. having said that I had one out of the box looking at it (as I got evil looks from the employes [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] ) and it woulden't be hard to open it up and coat the stainless with a smear of silicon for extra insurance.

Steve