[AT] Hydraulic hoses

[charliehill]

I'm with Cecil on the teflon paste.   I'll just add one thing.  There are at 
least 3 and maybe more grades of teflon paste depending on the application. 
Some for water, some for oil, some for steam, etc.  Look around and get the 
right stuff.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Hydraulic hoses


>I use teflon paste.  tape can go into a small hole and plug it on
> hydraulics.  Never connect bare threads.
> Cecil in OKla
>
> Dave Merchant wrote:
>> There are a couple questionable hoses on my Wagner loader,
>> so I bought some premade ones at TSC.
>>
>> Question: do you use any kind of thread compound on the ends?
>> I thought I'd heard that teftape can cause problems with hydraulics.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dave merchant
>>
>> Dave Merchant
>> kosh at nesys.com
>> nesys_com at ameritech.net
>> dmerchant at layerzero.com
>>
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