[BonelessSugar]

Originally Posted by Triple Jim

Get the right size O-ring and/or put some EZ-Turn fuel lube on it. It is a grease that is not dissolved by gasoline. Here's what I mean, but the seller is just an example to show the product:
https://www.wagaero.com/maintenance/...5-oz-tube.html

Might sand down the oring a tiny bit instead.

from what you just said, they are already stripped.

Probably.

Tire place closed at noon, I got there at noon thirty. :/

One of the petcock bolts is missing the plastic washer so I put a metal one on.