<VV> Re: Time to Replace pump

[Harry Yarnell]

'pipe sealant' on the oil press. switch is contrindicated. The thread there 
need to make electrical contact.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
To: "Tony Underwood" <tonyu at roava.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Time to Replace pump


> Brass to brass is usually soft enough to deform and seal without any 
> additional help. The steel nipple on the fuel pump may need some help, but 
> the soft material it screws into may also deform to seal, as you have 
> proven in actual use!
>
> Teflon tape must be used carefully, especially the leaving the first 
> thread bare, same as any pipe dope, or pieces will find their way down 
> stream. It can also lubricate the fitting and allow female tapered threads 
> to tighten easily enough to split when wrenched with strong hands.
>
> Flare fitting should never need any additional sealing material. If they 
> do, something is cracked, broken or worn out. So this nipple and the oil 
> pressure switch are about the only places on a Corvair one could use pipe 
> sealant. But it is not required.
>
> And no, I do not wear a belt with suspenders, just plumb that way.
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> Tony Underwood wrote:
>
>> At 07:25 hours 05/06/2006, Frank DuVal wrote:
>>
>>> I said the half hour if EVERYTHING goes wrong! .
>>>
>>> This would include finding the lost flare nut wrenches and teflon tape.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Uh oh...   teflon tape?
>>
>> I never use anything in fuel line fittings.    It's too easy to have some 
>> of the tape shred itself and end up stuck in the fuel inlet valve in the 
>> carbs.
>>
>> Sure, use it right and this never happens, but I'm a klutz.
>>
>> tony..
>
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