Date:         Mon, 15 May 2000 12:41:16 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Sorry missed thread, LP LEAK, use sealant?
Comments: To: Sean Garrett <seangar@HOTMAIL.COM>
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At 12:06 5/15/2000, Sean Garrett wrote:
>connector on top of fridge. I managed to crank that fitting hard and stopped
>the leak, however I tested the flamebox connector with soap and it leaks a
>tiny bit too. I have to pull it again to fix it.

This sounds scary to me.  Flare fittings are meant to seal with fairly
light pressure and if they don't it means something is wrong.  Could the
nuts possibly be crossthreaded?  They should be able to be run up with the
fingers except for final tightening (sometimes you have to wiggle the pipe
a little to find the precise alignment that allows this).

My own inclination if there really is a problem would be to remake the
fitting so it works correctly.  I'm agin fooling around with this stuff.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"