HF sells a small pack with an assortment of thick copper washers for a
few bucks, get one!

Mike B.

On 10/2/2012 9:34 PM, James Felder wrote:
> Bbbbbuuutttt.... You could get brand new ones for less than a dollar. You would stop the leak, PLUS you would not have to learn Ars Metallica.
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> Jim
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> On Oct 2, 2012, at 8:10 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
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>> i'd agree that you could anneal to regain softness of washer but disagree, Ed, in your annealing method for aluminum and copper. Both those metals anneal by quenching, not slow cool.
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>> alistair
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>> On 2012-10-02, at 2:46 PM, Ed wrote:
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>>> The sealing washers are probably work hardened and are no longer soft enough
>>> to make a good seal.  Replace them as they are ideally one use items.
>>> That's why you get a new one for the oil plug when you buy an oil filter.
>>> In an emergency you can remove the sealing washers and heat them with a
>>> propane torch, allowing them to cool without quenching.  This will restore
>>> the softness of both aluminum and copper sealing washers and allow them to
>>> seal without excessive force.
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>>> Ed
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>>> On Tue, 2 Oct 2012 16:02:38 -0500, JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>>> PS pump is leaking at the washer where the hollow bolt passes through
>>>> the banjo fitting on the pressure side. I made sure the bolt IS NOT
>>>> loose. So I need to do something. Any suggestions?
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>>>> Thanks,
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>>>> John