[Ford-ferguson] Hydraulic hoses

[Carl Baker]

Loc-tite makes a sealant that incorporates Teflon that I've used before.
It goes on as a thick white liquid and cures like caulk.  I think the
problem with tape is that it can come off in chunks an get gummed up in
various parts of the hydraulic system.  Not likely a problem on these
older simple unfiltered systems with generous tolerances, but using
sealant instead of tape is probably a good precaution....

-- carl


On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 15:08 -0700, 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
> 
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