"John Anderton" having a break from shagging sheep wrote
in message ...
On 8 Nov 2005 03:03:15 -0800, wrote:

Doctor Drivel wrote:


You put NO compound on the thread. The immersion is supposed to have
none
whatsoever. Just clean the surfaces and tighten the immersion. The
fibre
washer may initially weep. But as it absorbs water it will expand
making
the seal. Try this first. If still a leak after the system has heated
up,
take it off and then lightly smear compound on both edges of the
washer.
Putting compound on the thread with act like glue and weld it in, in
time,
making some of them near impossible to remove.

Halleluiah! I've seen the light! Drivel said something sensible!

It's eerie isn't it ?

Tell us about it. Sheep and all.