Just tighten till it stops turning. The design of the cooler sets the compression off the ring. Dennis, From my phone. ________________________________ From: JRodgers<mailto:jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> Sent: 1/4/2014 9:04 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R I can - prol'ly - easily unscrew the pipe - maybe - but perhaps not - one never knows. But there MUST be a torque value for the nut - because that pressure is what holds that seal properly. It needs to be not to little - not to much - and for that control - one needs to be able to properly torque that nut holding the cooler. I just don't want to get into something I can't fix, or at least fix without a great big hassle - like having to pull the engine or something. John
On 1/4/2014 4:29 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > Maybe I'm slow or something, but why not just take off that nut and slide the cooler off the nipple? > > I'm pretty sure I didn't unscrew the nipple last spring when I had the cooler off. > > Alistair > > > >> On Jan 4, 2014, at 2:15 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> I am almost ready to remove the cooler after my big oil leak. Have new >> O-ring, new filter and oil ready to go, and an exquisite 3/8 internal >> pipe wrench. >> >> Question:: Does the big nut threaded on the pipe though the oil cooler >> have to come off before the pipe itself can be backed out? Or is the nut >> there just to set the position of the cooler on the pipe? >> >> I ask for two reasons: >> >> 1) 24 MM is the largest socket I have - I don't what size that nut is - >> and if I have to buy one - I would appreciate someone telling me what >> the correct size is. >> >> 2) The nut on the pipe has shoulders - and I don't think it will be >> possible to get a socket to fit to it and hold. The nut shoulder extend >> above the surface of the recess it fits in, but with the shoulders >> rounded - factory rounded it's obvious - the socket won;t grip. >> >> Will just reefing on the pipe with the internal pipe wrench - without >> loosening that nut - do any significant damage? >> >> Any ideas as to how to approach this little project? >> >> Thanks, >> >> John > |
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