Date:         Tue, 9 Aug 2011 20:20:54 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <4E408239.8030605@gmail.com>
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---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> On 08/08/2011 04:12 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> > While I usually side with the factory for most design features I question
> > the sold copper crush washer on a steel plug going into aluminum threads.
> > You have to distort the threads for this to tighten and seal. Why?
> >
> > Look for the Dorman or Oil-Tite board at the FLAPS. There are a number of
> > 14mm options. The three pack of the white nylon gaskets work really well.
> > They also have a metal gasket-crush washer that actually crushes that fits
> > perfectly. Then there is the solid copper washer if you really want it.
> >
> > To remove a small amount of oil remove the filter and empty it out or just
> > change it. .
> >
>
> Once you got tencentlife's external oil cooler installed, the two
> heavy-duty hoses coming off the filter's banjo adapter make it easier to
> undo the oil drain plug than try to access the filter.

I have the tencentlife oil cooler installed on my 2.1.  I have no trouble accessing or removing the oil filter.  mcneely

>
> Thanks for the tip on the white nylon gasket. But my heart belongs to
> copper crushable, mainly because I like saying "copper crushable."
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> Bend, Ore.
> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer, the Westralia.
>
> Sent from my banjo adapter.

--
David McNeely