- 1. Oil pan cap screwed (score: 1)
- Author: "Chip Kigar" <ckigar@sound.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:56:54 -0500
- A couple of months back, in an effort to fix an oil leak, I replaced the oil pan gasket with the engine (a 1500) in place. When I re-attached the oil pan to the block, the front center cap screw was
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- 2. Re: Oil pan cap screwed (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:44:08 -0400
- Any chance you just perfectly recovered the stripped thread? It's been done. ;> Self tapping metal screw. Done. -- Trevor Boicey, P. Eng. Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit
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- 3. Re: Oil pan cap screwed (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:32:21 -0400
- A heli-coil is a proper and effective repair. It is done as a routine matter of manufacturing with quality aluminum engines and cases because it is far stronger then threaded aluminum, and it doesn't
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- 4. Re: Oil pan cap screwed (score: 1)
- Author: John Cave <cavej@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:08:25 -0400
- Hi Chip. You should be able to insert another helicoil, they were designed to be replaceable, i,m sure any automotive repair / machine shop could do it at nominal cost. Good Luck John Cave
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- 5. RE: Oil pan cap screwed (score: 1)
- Author: gschluge@cstone.net (Greg Schluge)
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 19:23:54 -0400
- I put red locktite on the helicoil to keep it from backing out. A heli-coil is a proper and effective repair. It is done as a routine matter of manufacturing with quality aluminum engines and cases b
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01026.html (7,424 bytes)
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