Air tank possibly dangerous?

[AlwaysLastPlace]

I have an omega little "pony keg" air tank that has been awesome for years.
It has 1000 PSI inside and it is stuck. I can turn the valve. Neither will letting the purge open (I expected that of course but I was exploring how broken)

My first instinct was to twist the valve off and I put the tank between my leg and was about to twist and then I thought about what the hecking heck I was doing.
Can our awesome community please tell me how to NOT blow my balls off?

I just want my lil tank back it's really great.

 

[Revoman]

That's the same gauge, just turned to a different position.

mike

 

[Loff]

That's the same gauge, just turned to a different position.

mike

Look again and think about component positioning on pictures. For making it easier I marked some of them and drew an arrow pointing to that gauge that shows ~3000psi.

 

[Gerry52]

The one showing TANK PRESSURE is the one to loosen. The other one is for residual pressure in valve housing ABOVE valve keeping pressure in tank.

 

[jarmstrong]

Hard to comprehend why the valve does not open when turning the handle/knob
it the handle/knob stripped as to not lift the valve stem
or is the handle/knob spring loaded as to need to be pushed in while turnig

any way , always last place, did ya ever get it vented or drained?

 

[coastal drifter]

There's a video of a guy shooting expired scba tanks. He shot them with a.45 cal Texan and the slug just bounced off. It took a.308 pb to penetrate the tank.

I agree, loosen the pressure gage to release any air in the tank. I also think your gage is faulty.

I might have seen that video

 

[Revoman]

Ah yes, I blew up the photo and now am able to completely see the gauge that you said showed pressure.
Sorry for the miss.

mike