Return-Path: Received: from www.sequoianet.com (ns.sequoianet.com [206.242.77.3]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.1 release 219 ID# 0-52269U2500L250S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:48:07 -0500 Received: from inet001.cardell.com (INET001.sequoianet.com [207.87.248.2]) by www.sequoianet.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-51638U1000L1000S0) with SMTP id AAA233 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:55:31 -0500 Received: from ccMail by inet001.cardell.com (ccMail Link to SMTP R8.00.01) id AA918737735; Thu, 11 Feb 99 07:55:38 -0500 Message-Id: <9902119187.AA918737735@inet001.cardell.com> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 99 07:47:56 -0500 From: To: Subject: Re: LC20 hydraulic fittings, antenna reception X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> To Rob Wolfe on hydraulic fitting sealing: You shouldn't have to bother with any special seals. With even a half decent flare on the tube the fitting will seal. I've even had seal with the nut finger tight (not recommended). Just make sure you do get a reasonable flare or the tube could push back through the nut due to pressure. This happened to me at one of the pump outlets due to a poor job of flaring on my part. On the poor antenna reception someone wrote in about, could it be because of the type of paint used on the covering surface? I've been told to stay away from paint with any metal in it or reception will suffer drastically. I was told Dupont IMRON is such an offender. Regards, Ed de Chazal