[Ford-ferguson] Hydraulic hoses

[Joseph Knight]

 From my experience, you might want to read the label on that sealant 
carefully,  I have used similar stuff and it works great, until you want 
to disassemble the fitting.  As Carl said, it sets up like caulk and 
becomes glue-like in a threaded connection.  I think there might be a 
heavier grade (industrial strength) Teflon tape that might not be so 
prone to shredding.

'57 MF TO35 Deluxe -- Joe

Carl Baker wrote:
> 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
>>
>> Dave Merchant
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>>
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