Yes. I held it in the mount and used a hose clamp on top of a strap wrench. I
saw a special tool someone had made to do the same thing at Sears Point last
year. If I were going to do it again I'd make one. Just a hole turned inside a
plate of aluminum with a slot milled through one side, and clamping tabs
milled on both sides of the slot and a handle welded on. The same guy made his
mounts in a similar fashion. Very sano.
On Sep 16, 2010, at 10:41 AM, tom strange wrote:
> Bill,
> Do the ends just screw off??? & what did you use to accomplish that? how
did you hold it etc???
>
> Tom
>
> http://www.fot-racing.com/spit/caption/tom_strange.htm
>
>
> #4 white spitfire
>
>
> --- On Thu, 9/16/10, Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com> wrote:
>
> From: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Accusump cleaning, was sump capacity
> To: "Don Marshall" <donmarshall@nefcom.net>
> Cc: "'FOT'" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 12:18 PM
>
> Yes, but be careful doing it. I've had mine apart. There's a hard coating
on
> the inside that you really don't want to scratch. It's basically just a
tube
> with a piston that separates air from the oil. I thought mine might be
> sticking because I clamped it in the wrong place. It wasn't. Cleaned it all
up
> with some fresh diesel and stuck it back together.
> On Sep 16, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Don Marshall wrote:
>
> > My understanding is that every time we have a major internal event with
> bits
> > of metal getting loose in the engine we need to not only replace the oil
> > cooler but we need to clean out the accusump as well. I've sent mine
back
> > to the factory for cleaning and rebuild (about $50), but is that
something
> > that can normally be done here at home?
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