[AT] Teflon tape hydraulic system??

[Mike M]

Well nothing is ever easy, also noticed at some point I broke off the
hood latch release which Mahindra foolishly located low on the frame
behind the front tire where it can catch on all sorts of things.  This
will be the second time I've had to replace this. I should look for a
more permanent fix.

Mike M

On 12/14/2020 2:34 PM, Mike M wrote:
> Thank you for all the advice regarding Teflon tape. This is on a 5
> year old Mahindra tractor, I've been impressed with the machine in
> general, but not the hoses or other rubber parts. I will probably try
> what Tom suggested and use a little, but stay well back from where it
> could migrate into the system. If that fails, I'll need to have a new
> hose made.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike M
>
> PS - a friend of mine owns a heating and cooling business, and he
> commonly uses both tape, then paste on all his gas connections.
>
> On 12/14/2020 11:26 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>>
>> Bo: I always stuck to that teaching.  Even though in the early days
>> the loader manufacturers would supply a couple of rolls of teflon
>> tape with a new loader.  Wealways used paste, or the stick which was
>> a lot easier to use.   I used a lot of Rectorseal in the day.  Here
>> lately I bought a lot of fittings from Discount Hyd hose.com, ant the
>> fittings would leak no matter how much teflon paste or type of paste,
>> or tight I got the fitting.  I even used an impact wrench and a vise
>> to tighten the fittings on the hose..  So, I got to using the tape
>> and stopped having leaks.   A good friend worked 10 years for a large
>> Farm Eq dealer and he told me thay had to start using teflon tape on
>> all NPT fittings.
>> Cecil
>>
>> On 12/14/2020 8:42 AM, Bo Hinch wrote:
>>> I was in business for 25 years and I always told a new hire to NEVER
>>> use tape on a hyd. fitting . If you did and I found out , you were
>>> FIRED on the spot . A person would be surprised at what one little
>>> piece can cost a business or customer  in the long run .
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 8:09 AM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net
>>> <mailto:crbearden at copper.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     With the chinese fittings we are stuck with now, teflon tape is
>>>     necessary.  I use a brand called Blue Monster for Hydraulics.  
>>>     I used
>>>     paste for years as tape was not recommended for hydraulics. It
>>>     got to
>>>     where paste would still leak.  The threads were bad enough to
>>>     need tape...
>>>     Cecil
>>>
>>>     On 12/14/2020 2:59 AM, Tom Martin wrote:
>>>     > Accepted practice is to start wrapping the fitting, 2 x
>>>     threads from
>>>     > the end of the fitting, that will preclude tape contamination
>>>     of the fluid.
>>>     >
>>>     > Tom
>>>     >
>>>     >> On 14 December 2020 at 19:48 Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com
>>>     <mailto:meulenms at gmx.com>> wrote:
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Hi all, was wondering if was OK to use Teflon tape on a
>>>     hydraulic fitting?
>>>     >>
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