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wrote:
What to make the spacer of? Are there commercial products available or
are we talking about cutting a chunk of rubber to fit? Are we talking a
bronze dougnut?

Well, this is what I've been doing the last couple years...
haven't seen any down side, nor read anything about it yes
or no: cutting board

Go to K-Mart (or whatever cut-rate retailer is closest) and
buy a large inexpensive plastic cutting board. The plain
cheap ones are about $3 for 2' square. It's tough and won't
rot, it's relatively easy to work, it even takes a thread
fairly well (although I have not used it for strength). Cut
two or three doughnuts & stack 'em... voila!

There are dozens of places on board for using this stuff, I
keep some handy so I won't be raiding our kitchen.

NPS threading on the through-hull and the seacock; what to seal with?
Pipe dope or teflon tape? I think I read teflon tape only for tapered
threads so.. ?

Isn't the female thread in the seacock tapered? I think the
concensus was that pipe dope is better.

DSK