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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Alan, I would thread in a JIC fitting and go hydraulic</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, April 10, 2020, 3:53:38 PM MDT, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Moved my motor last night & found silicone oil had come out<br></div><div dir="ltr">through my hose attachment.<br></div><div dir="ltr">I am using a 5 cst silicone so hard to contain. It's a little bit like a penetrating oil.<br></div><div dir="ltr">From the photo you can see I used an undersized tube to give a really tight<br></div><div dir="ltr">fit on the thruster nozzle & used a crimp fitting which I thought would be more<br></div><div dir="ltr">substantial than a hose clamp.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Wondering if I should have gone for a larger tube & wrapped the nozzle with<br></div><div dir="ltr">sealing tape, or covered the nozzle with some sort of sealing compound before<br></div><div dir="ltr">attaching the hose. Or possibly go for a threaded nozzle & use a hydraulic hose.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Another idea I'm thinking of is to put an additional hose clamp on it but put a heat <br></div><div dir="ltr">Gun on the tube prior to tightening to get the tube soft to mold in to any recesses.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Any thoughts or alternative suggestions?<br></div><div dir="ltr">Alan</div><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br></div>
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