Re: Tr3a findings and lessons learned pt1

[Geo Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>]

Steven Newell wrote:

> ...Replace the gasket if you haven't, check to make sure it's seated 
> properly if you have. Also make sure the sealing surfaces are clean, 
> and that there's no crack in the glass bowl. I haven't been able to 
> reuse those gaskets more than a few times and always carry a couple 
> spares. Some people have had more luck with rubber gaskets than the 
> original cork, but cork has done it for me.

Also check that the portion of the pump body that seals against the bowl 
hasn't been distorted by over-enthusiastic tightening of the 
thumbwheel.  Pretty easy to make cork gaskets by the dozen so not much 
need to bother with reusing them.

Geo Hahn
59 TR3A
64 TR4
Mt Lemmon, AZ