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**general_lindy** · November 25th, 09:43 AM

im tryin to screw the hose into the valve and i put about 2 layers of teflon tape on the threads and it still leaks by the valve

. i tightened it down a lot to. is there any guides i can follow on how to install an air line? or do u guys have any ideas? thanks in advance. happy thanksgiving

Flatliner105 · November 25th, 09:56 AM

i never had to much success with teflon tape for some reason.

my suggestion is to use loctite.

loctite works the best IMO...just make sure you get the non perminent stuff so u can get it off with some force.

**general_lindy** · November 25th, 10:07 AM

haha used loctite on my last one and stripped the valve. im also scared that some of the loctite will drip into the valve and F everything up. but i dunno i guess it is a last resort.

Flatliner105 · November 25th, 10:52 AM

....how would loctite strip the valve....

**general_lindy** · November 25th, 10:54 AM

like the part were i screwed the gas line into. the threads in the valve are way soft and it might have been the permanent lock tite.

**Smitty** · November 25th, 11:07 AM

best way to do this is to remove the power tube from the gun and wrap the gasline in 3 wraps of teflon and screw it in one turn past snug. gas it up and then tighten the gas line until it quits leaking. Any further than that and you will most likely tear the teflon and re-initiate the leak. You may have to twist it a little more past the leak in order to line up the ASA so it will be straight when you re-attach the ASA back to the bottom of the grip.

**general_lindy** · November 25th, 11:30 AM

woo woo i used plumbers putty and it worked! thanks smitty. the teflon tape just didnt work for me but i screwed it in with the air on until it stopped leaking.

**xjnation** · November 26th, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by general_lindy

woo woo i used plumbers putty and it worked! thanks smitty. the teflon tape just didnt work for me but i screwed it in with the air on until it stopped leaking.

smitty is correct if it did not work for you then chances are you wrapped it around the threads in the wrong direction. You need to wrap it counter clockwise so when you screw it into the valve it does not unwrap it as you go.

**Smitty** · November 27th, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by xjnation

if it did not work for you then chances are you wrapped it around the threads in the wrong direction. You need to wrap it counter clockwise so when you screw it into the valve it does not unwrap it as you go.

This is a true statement

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