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Subject:Re: Aluminum to brass thread galling
From:ralph meyermann
Date:Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:56:56 -0600

Working Maintenance at a food processing plant most all plumbing is
stainless, stainles has a nasty habbit of galling, I use mostly the white
loctite in the tube. It can get messy,does stay soft but firms up a little,
be sure to wipe off excess!!

Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy

On Jan 28, 2012 2:52 AM, "Max Wellhouse" <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net> wrote:

When I worked as a natural gas pipeline grunt, Rectorseal(pretty sure
it was #5) was all we ever used to seal the service pipe threads into
the outside meter.  I used to think that stuff was expensive, but
ounce for ounce compared to Loctite, it is a great bargain.   Like
Permatex antisieze, one can will last a lifetime for most of us.....

DM&FS

At 12:05 AM 1/28/2012, Alistair Bell wrote:
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> I seem to recall undoing some old connections and ...