X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [66.94.81.250] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 5.0c1) with HTTP id 681042 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:44:35 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: AFS AOA To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser v5.0c1 Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:44:35 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "John Schroeder" : We reamed the phenolic tube very, very slightly with a file so that the donut slid in easily. We sanded the donut and painted a very thin coat of hysol on it and the inside of the tube. We waxed the drain threads and body and screwed it into the donut before inserting the donut into the tube. We used hysol wi/ a bit of flox to secure it in the tube. We put a piece of tape across the hole to keep the valve flush with the bottom of the wing. After it dried, we took the valve out, made a bit more flox and made a fillet with a small tool to secure the donut. One tip we got that works very well is to wrap a layer of packing tape around a socket that fits a particular fitting. Screw it into the mating fitting that you want. Then pack flox or micro around it. When the stuff dries, take the socket out and you have a nice smooth well for the fitting. Hope this helps. Cheers, John