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Re: PDWA thingy

To: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>, KEVIN EDDINS <EDDINSK@NRISO.NOLA.NAVY.MIL>,
Subject: Re: PDWA thingy
From: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:41:49 -0500
At 12:29 PM 1/16/99 +0000, R.D. Waid wrote:
>Kevin,
>
>I have no advice for you, but I do have a suspect PDWA myself (seeping at the
>switch). Did you find replacement innards for the PDWA in kit form somewhere?
>
Bob & Kevin,   this was posted here last year, maybe it will be helpful:

Sam Gentry explained:

> Sam Gentry <hsgentry@cfw.com>
>
>  The O rings to fix the older type DPWA (the one with two plugs) are
available from:
>
>http://www.pspglobal.com/frameset.html  
>
>They are a hydraulic supplier and sell O rings.  You want EP (ethylene
>propylene) material to stand up to Dot 4 or lower fluid.  I don't remember
>the exact size, but I found one that would seal on the ID of the bore and
>on the OD of the grove for the rings.  Seems to work pretty well.
>
>I understant that the newer type (one plug) is a little different.  I don't
>know what they take, but it sould be more or less the same.
>
>Sam
>
>
>
>

Good Luck,


Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire  FM96062 UO

Succasunna, NJ USA

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