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Date:         Wed, 10 Jul 2013 08:46:46 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Oil plug
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <ydWz1l0172y2SHc01dX2Hm>
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---- Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > No Dave, > > it is a sealing washer. I doesn't prevent you from stripping the threads.

I know it is a sealing washer. I did not mean that it will prevent stripping the threads, merely that if one follows the procedure correctly, just crushing the washer, one will not strip the threads. That's all. mcneely

> > BTW, one can find 3 kinds of washer down there 1. a crushable copper washer, a non-crushable copper washer, and sometimes a nylon (or other plastic) washer. > > alistair > > > > > On 2013-07-10, at 6:06 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > > > > > > > well, this is steel into aluminum. but i don't use a torque wrench, either. just tighten till stops, then quarter turn, just enough to crush the washer slightly. that's what that washer is for, to take that force to keep it from damaging the threads. >

-- David McNeely


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