Date:         Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:20:21 -0500
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From:         Tabe Johnson <greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Torque on coolant level sensor?
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If you want to get really fancy:  A standard O-ring (which this is not)
is normally compressed around 20%.  So if you measure the thread pitch on
the sensor and the thickness of the O-ring, you can figure out how much to
tighten the sensor after it touches the O-ring in order to get 20% compression.
I would definitely put some coolant or something on the O-ring to allow it to
turn easily.

tabe johnson / 87 westy

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