"Andy Hall" aka Matt wrote in message
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On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:40:46 GMT, raden wrote:

In message , John Anderton
resting from sheep writes
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 ?

Twice in one week is more scary than eerie

What was the other time? Must have missed that.

Matt, it is clear you miss a lot in life