Your know - Its a bit frustrating when we post good information like this and never hear a peep from the orignial poster. How about a "Thanks - you samed me a lot of headache because this was such a simple fix!" Or even an "no, its not the packing, it keaks out the supply side, I guess I'll have to replace the valve thanks though"
Oh well. I contribute here because I also get something back from time to time. Just last week I looked up a post I did for somone else to pull up some URLs I had researched for somone, it was time I needed my own past research! anyway... Keep up the good work.