"Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> wrote:

""" Heck, see if the inlet fitting even has a hole in it.  I've found AN bolts
 with no threads, platenuts with no threads, Aeroquip type hose fittings
 without threads, and even washers without the center punched out.  AN
 hardware ain't perfect :-) """

Excellent point, one I wish I'd thought to mention sometime earlier myself. I, too, have seen the various defects Rusty describes (and others), but I just never thought to bring it to anyone's attention.  The most aggravating is the thread-less plate nuts... who thinks to try them out before installing them? I know I sure didn't  8-(

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