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Adam davis

Both Tiny leak on bot new fits on the metal nuts. Did i use too much ptfe tape. I used 2 wrap arounds. The nuts won't tighten anymore. Could i remove the exposed ptfe tape and if so would the nut then continue to tighten and is this a ok thing to do. I should have used 1 wrap around i know now.
 

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