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Re: heater tap seal ?

To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: heater tap seal ?
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:02:37 -0700
Cc: p.sarrazin@enesad.fr teamfat2.dsl.aros.net id f39I54R08008
Does anyone one have any experience with repairing the heater shutoff valve
(see below). Is anything beyond the fiber washer needed?

Thanks.

Gerard

>>
>> >Gerard,

>> >I have to reseal the tap around its shaft. There was a fibrous seal there
>> >when I dismanteled it, similar to the type used for central heaters.
>> >I found pumbling material, the fibre and the sticky stuff that goes with
>it,
>> >but the later is only recommended up to 900C (194F). Sounds too low for
>this application. What to you use there?

>I meant the seal of the valve mechanism itself. Right below the valve knob,
>there's a screw that compresses a fibrous seal between the valve housing and
>the valve shaft.

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