Roc Doc
2A SNBI
Uh, there was an incident at my house while I was on an overnight trip to Yuma, my nephew backed into our Propane tank and hit the riser where it connects to the regulator assembly via a union. The simple fix is to rethread the riser, but there's not enough of the nipple left to use the standard style like this;
I have some dies but the biggest I have is 5/8 and the pipe is 3/4. I realize NPT is a tapered thread, so can I use this style to cut some new threads and clean up what's left of the old threads? With the much lower profile, and the existing threads to use as a guide, any reason this type won't work?
The good news is that that water heater is in an outside closet, to with the ambient temps in the 110+ range, we still have hotish water, and I can cook on the Weber Genesis outside.
I have some dies but the biggest I have is 5/8 and the pipe is 3/4. I realize NPT is a tapered thread, so can I use this style to cut some new threads and clean up what's left of the old threads? With the much lower profile, and the existing threads to use as a guide, any reason this type won't work?
The good news is that that water heater is in an outside closet, to with the ambient temps in the 110+ range, we still have hotish water, and I can cook on the Weber Genesis outside.