I guess we can call it a concurrent discovery - I just got back from my local True value with a very nice 1/8" pipe thread ball valve and am reading your post!! I brought a hunk of the old one to try it - yep fit nice. The final assembly with brass hose barb is a bit longer....but I must say it actually flows better and is extremely heavy duty.

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