Anyone use yellow teflon tape?
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Re: Anyone use yellow teflon tape?
03 Feb 2009 10:54
What kind of petcock screws into an adapter plate? On that setup I think I'd use JB weld on the threads.
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Re: Anyone use yellow teflon tape?
03 Feb 2009 11:15
See the picture farther back in the thread Ron. It's a manual petcock with reserve. If I JB weld the petcock to the plate, then I would need a way to seal the plate to the tank whenever I remove it. The adapter plate does not seal with an o-ring like the original petcock, so they supplied some blue colored sealer called Hylomar Blue. I priced that stuff and it is very expensive for a little tube. It's easier to seal the plate to the tank one time with the little package of sealer they gave me, and then I only replace the teflon tape when I need to remove the petcock.
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Re: Anyone use yellow teflon tape?
03 Feb 2009 12:59
OK, I get it now
I'm a little slow. Good luck.

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Re: Anyone use yellow teflon tape?
05 Feb 2009 19:24
That's exactly what I did when I replaced the leaky factory petcock with the manual pingel from Z1. Everything is working fine using white teflon tape.
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