X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-05.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.104] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.10) with ESMTP id 2165913 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:47:42 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.104; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 (cpe-024-074-103-061.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.103.61]) by ms-smtp-05.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l690kpGv012712 for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:46:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000901c7c1c2$aba10060$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Sealing AN fittings Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:47:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Ernest, As Rusty reported, they make a soft aluminum conical seal that you place over the male fitting, it crushes and seals any small imperfections. I have used them and the work great. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Christley" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 5:42 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Sealing AN fittings >I used 37 degree AN fittings on my radiators. They aren't sealing >completely. The best I've been able to do is limit the leaking to a bubble >every two seconds with 25psi of air pressure (pressurize the system and >then dunk it in a tub of water). > Is it permissible or advisable to use some sort of nylon washer inside the > fitting to get an airtight seal? > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html