Joe West
05-08-2005, 01:06 PM
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 22:07:53 -0500
From: Ches Cain <vairtex@pop.flash.net>
Re: <VV> TEFLON TAPE is tool of Satan
I have never used teflon tape on any flare fitting, I even make my own
lines and never have any leaks. The one place I use it is the nuts on
the carbs, but after reading these posts, that's fixin to stop. My
brother works on aircraft and has given me the warning. He says if you
have to use it never go over one turn. I guess I have been lucky up
until now! Yes, they use some type of sealer exclusively. (he just
worked on George Zimmer's jet of the Men's Warehouse, and Jerry Jones of
Dallas Cowboys)
Ches
Sethracer@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/14/99 2:44:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> wa2qmi@worldnet.att.net writes:
>
> << With the right wrenches you can tighten the fittings hand tight, plus maybe
> 1/8 turn more to compress them (I think they're called compression
> fittings?). The threaded part stays round and the flats stay on the nuts. >>
>
> Actually they are called "SAE inverted flare" fittings. I still don't know
> where, on the fuel system, you would use any teflon sealer, with the possible
> exception of the pipe threads in the fuel pump. Certainly no place on the
> carbs or the fuel lines. - Seth
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 22:07:53 -0500
From: Ches Cain <vairtex@pop.flash.net>
Re: <VV> TEFLON TAPE is tool of Satan
I have never used teflon tape on any flare fitting, I even make my own
lines and never have any leaks. The one place I use it is the nuts on
the carbs, but after reading these posts, that's fixin to stop. My
brother works on aircraft and has given me the warning. He says if you
have to use it never go over one turn. I guess I have been lucky up
until now! Yes, they use some type of sealer exclusively. (he just
worked on George Zimmer's jet of the Men's Warehouse, and Jerry Jones of
Dallas Cowboys)
Ches
Sethracer@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/14/99 2:44:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> wa2qmi@worldnet.att.net writes:
>
> << With the right wrenches you can tighten the fittings hand tight, plus maybe
> 1/8 turn more to compress them (I think they're called compression
> fittings?). The threaded part stays round and the flats stay on the nuts. >>
>
> Actually they are called "SAE inverted flare" fittings. I still don't know
> where, on the fuel system, you would use any teflon sealer, with the possible
> exception of the pipe threads in the fuel pump. Certainly no place on the
> carbs or the fuel lines. - Seth
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