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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