You are probably right, as long as you never have to undo it. What happens then? Like after a rebuild. At the best you have a cross-thread situation, at the worst threads fall out (or in). I plan on keeping my truck a long time. I have spent a lot of money and time doing things correctly. To intentionally screw a tapered, standard pipe thread into a straight metric hole goes against my grain. There is big sign in my garage to remind me; "There is never time to do it right but there is always time to do it twice". Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab, 60 356 T-5 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:17:11 -0500 (EST) David Brodbeck <gull@cyberspace.org> writes: > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Ken Lewis wrote: > > > I've heard, though, that they'll mate with each other and make a > leak-free > joint if you use a little teflon tape. These are tapered pipe > threads so > there's some room for fudging, I would think. > > _ _ > __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) > Ypsilanti, MI > / _` | | | | | | > +----------------------------------------------------- > | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org > \__, |\__,_|_|_| "Everything is linear if plotted log-log with a > fat > |___/ magic marker." -- Mar's Law > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com |
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