Any ideas on how to seal
Plug a drain port on a Tappet block
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Holtvintage
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Any ideas on how to seal
Any tried and true technique to seal this drain port on a early '82 ? It is tapped for a 5/16 bolt thread, not a pipe thread. I tried a grub screw with 3 Bond grey gasket compound as a sealant. It seeped . My next idea is after cleaning and chasing the threads is using this Permatex product on a new clean grub screw. Im not sure if the outer surface of the tappet block is flat enough to try a bolt & copper/ sealing washer ?
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Re: Any ideas on how to seal
super clean and if not going to use in future red loctite 24 hour set time then install
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Re: Any ideas on how to seal
and position block upside done while curing keeping mass in thread grooves
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Re: Any ideas on how to seal
Never plan on using it again. Ive seen a wicking style of loctite before also. Im not sure why i have seepage from the set screw but the tappet block bolts haven't seem to leak. I would think it is about the same pressure in both areas? Thanks for the suggestion