O.k. gang, I'm plumbing a new tank and I'm a little nervous about my 3/4" bulkhead. In the past I've always used slip fittings but went with a 3/4" FPT threaded fitting this time around. I went to Lowes, got my 3/4" MPT to slip adapter and installed it. Here's the problem, it doesn't seem to fit that tight at all. When I thread the fitting in to the bulkhead it's really, really easy and eventually bottoms out. I know I could load the threads down with pipe tape to tighten it up but that doesn't seem to be a great idea. So, Has anyone noticed loose threads on a 3/4" bulkhead fitting? Is it possible I got either a bulkhead or fitting with poor tolerances? Would it be a big leak risk to just double up the pipe thread tape and call it good? I've included a picture of the fitting backed out so y'all would know what I'm talking about.
Don’t glue a threaded fitting because it’ll be a pain to cut off if you ever need to remove it.
