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  1. Daybreak

    Ultimate well nut repair

    Howdy, You should take one for the team. Buy it, install it, and let us know what you think, and if it works. Thanks for playing. Good luck.
  2. Daybreak

    Ultimate well nut repair

    Howdy, A lot depends on how they were installed. Was it installed to tight?, did it get hit from the side?, did the JP-8 eat it away? Did they always install a nitrile rubber well nut? Maybe from the start they did not. From the PS Mag 2012 article, it sounds like they might have used just...
  3. Daybreak

    Ultimate well nut repair

    Howdy, I do not know what they sold you. I had, and sold 40+ true military surplus A3816 nitrile rubber well nuts. You can go look at the thread with the pictures. The infamous Well Nut info
  4. Daybreak

    Ultimate well nut repair

    Howdy, Hopefully, someone which has installed a bulkhead fitting responds with the proper torque.
  5. Daybreak

    Ultimate well nut repair

    Howdy, Go look at the well nut thread. Everything is done from the outside. Simply loosen the threaded fitting and the well nut collapses. Pull it out. When they drain them sometimes, they just whack them off on the MEP-803A units.
  6. Daybreak

    Ultimate well nut repair

    Howdy, An explanation; The well nut leaks over time, age, eaten by military JP8, over tightened, or dry tank, or a shortcut taken to drain the MEP-803A fuel tank by yanking the drain out. On the MEP-8xx generators you have 2 piped fittings on the fuel tank. 1 is on top for the fuel return...
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