Tom,
The nut should spin freely.
Cheers,
Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 MkI registrar
http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php
On 2/14/19 12:28 PM, Tom wrote:
> Thanks again to everyone who responded.  I picked up a good quality
> 5/8" spark plug socket for a couple bucks at a local flea market and cut
> a slot in it to accommodate the capillary tube.  Worked like a champ.
>
> The nut and the bulb came out as one piece, so I had to be really
> careful to spread the twist out over the whole capillary tube to avoid
> damaging the tube at the nut.  Is this the way it should be, or should
> the nut spin freely around the bulb?
>
> Re: the turn signal indicators.  As everyone suggested the the green
> plastic had melted with use.  One side split apart with almost no
> pressure.  The other one unscrews about 3/8 of an inch, and I think if
> I can cut the distorted end from the back, then I'll be able to salvage it.
>
> Thanks again...  I couldn't get some of this done without the help from
> this list.
>
> - Tom
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:06 AM Mirek Sharp <m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca
> <mailto:m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca>> wrote:
>
> I do likewise with the hose clamp and it works really well. I also
> always
> put some anti-seize grease on the threads, AND, I slide the nut up the
> capillary tube and put some around the tube and top of the bulb so
> the nut
> will not seize on them. It seems to really help when I next have to
> remove
> it. I use Permatex copper anti-seize grease.
>
> Mirek
>
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> Sent: February-07-19 8:05 AM
> To: healeymanjim; healeys@autox.team.net <mailto:healeys@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] coolant sensor nut
>
> I do the same, but add a hose clamp around the cut in the socket so it
> won't spread around the nut when pressure is applied. Works for me. DP
> On 2/6/2019 8:40 PM, healeymanjim wrote:
> > i took a good quality long 5/8 socket and cut a slot in it about
> one and a
> half inches long. i always soak the nut for a few
> > days in penetrating oil. still have a problem sometimes and have
> to work
> it back and forth carefully to keep from stripping
> > the nut.
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