If you HAVE to keep the Rochester and it has pipe threads you could try a helicoil style insert LINK.
Full disclosure, I have not tried an NPT insert, but have used helicoils on straight threads a number of times.

Last edited by Gdads51; 09/05/2026 12:07 PM.

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