Hello. Posting this after running into endless dead ends.
We are in the middle of swapping in a Buderus gas boiler which is replacing a 1950's era Arcoliner.
Baseboard fin tubes from the same era from when the house was built.
There are about ten bypasses with black bakelite handles that turn 90 degrees for bypass or straight through flow for heat.
The bakelite handles have 'Webster System' 'Camden New Jersey'.
Some of the valves are extremely difficult to turn and several of the black handles have cracked off.
Oddly, the valve stem is five pointed.
Some of the stems - they appear to be brass - have been mangled from previous attempts to turn them without the proper five pointed wrench or socket.
I have not had any luck looking up Webster System and cannot find any penta sockets which are mostly listed in much larger sizes.
Luckily most of the valves are oriented in the straight through setting but I would like to loosen them for when the system is refilled so both the regular and bypass loops are filled with water.
Other option is not take a chance causing a leak and leave alone the valves I know are in the 'open' position.
There are a handful with broken off handles and I will not know if they are opened or bypassed until when the system is heating.
Sorry about this over-winded post.
We are in the middle of swapping in a Buderus gas boiler which is replacing a 1950's era Arcoliner.
Baseboard fin tubes from the same era from when the house was built.
There are about ten bypasses with black bakelite handles that turn 90 degrees for bypass or straight through flow for heat.
The bakelite handles have 'Webster System' 'Camden New Jersey'.
Some of the valves are extremely difficult to turn and several of the black handles have cracked off.
Oddly, the valve stem is five pointed.
Some of the stems - they appear to be brass - have been mangled from previous attempts to turn them without the proper five pointed wrench or socket.
I have not had any luck looking up Webster System and cannot find any penta sockets which are mostly listed in much larger sizes.
Luckily most of the valves are oriented in the straight through setting but I would like to loosen them for when the system is refilled so both the regular and bypass loops are filled with water.
Other option is not take a chance causing a leak and leave alone the valves I know are in the 'open' position.
There are a handful with broken off handles and I will not know if they are opened or bypassed until when the system is heating.
Sorry about this over-winded post.