[Vwdiesel] Oil leak from thread?

[James Hansen]

I could make all sorts of dope jokes....   What was known as pipe dope was
actually a lead compound- white oxide of lead mixed with grease.  A
stupendous pipe thread sealer/lubricant, but lead nonetheless. Bad stuff
these days, small amounts implicated in making for big bad stuff happening
to kids, etc.  New brands of pipe dope can't come close to white lead for
performance.   Hemp on the other hand is still available, and is the
strongest natural fiber available, is pretty good as a filler around poor
threads... I know, I had an entire combine full of this fibre with this
stuff wound around everything that turns. A piece the size of a small piece
of string I cannot tear by hand, and I'm not weak. It was a nightmare to
clean up after.

Installing a new switch in the Sandy fashion would be the cheapest fix and
most permanent. Next more fussy thing is to tap the hole larger to npt, and
use an adapter.  Next more expensive is a helicoil, looking at least 20
bucks for the kit.  Don't fret about a greased tap not capturing the
cuttings.  It will easily.  fill the flutes with grease, nothing escapes.
Tap a couple turns, remove, clean, regrease, tap a few more.... you get the
picture.
The best pipe sealer I have ever used is a permatex teflon compound in a can
with a brush. It really rawks. IT goes on kind of stringy, until the
volatile carrier solvent leaves, it is almost unleakable after.  I highly
recommed it.

-James

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
Behalf Of Mark Shepherd
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 6:00 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Oil leak from thread?


I'm not sure on the type of dope you dopes use but my dad's
no dope and he used hemp and dope for 50 years and it worked
for him on industrial boilers  generating high pressure
steam :o)...
As soon as hemp went out of fashion he knew it was time to
retire...
Son-of-a-craftsman-Mark

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