Date:         Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:23:58 -0800
Reply-To:     TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Massive oil leak at oil cooler/block interface - 87 westy
In-Reply-To:  <1e7.306502e.2b8cfd4a@aol.com>
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If memory serves, this threaded pipe has a 22 or a
24mm nut cast/welded in the center of it. The mating
surface of the nut sandwiches the oil cooler to the
case, compressing the o-ring.

--- George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM> wrote:
> In a message dated 2/25/03 11:40:10 AM,
> afox@CNR.COLOSTATE.EDU writes:
>
> << I removed the threaded pipe by putting a rag
> around it
> and using a wrench >>
>
> This is a surefire recipe for bitching the threads
> of the subject pipe
> nipple.  Although unlikely, a strap wrench might do
> the job.  Also, lining
> the jaws of a pipe wrench or Vise-Grips with 1/16
> inch thick copper strips
> might work as long as the nipple is not crushed into
> an oval (i.e., egged, to
> you pipefitters) by the force necessary to grip it.
> At the end of the day,
> the only predictable way to remove that stub is with
> an appropriately sized
> internal pipe wrench.  Just make sure any shavings
> are knocked out of the
> nipple before it's wrung back into place.


=====
TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
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