Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 17:59:06 -0600
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
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The reason John doesn't want to do that, if I recall, is that there is not
enough play in the hoses to slide the cooler over the pipe. You want to
take the pipe out, with our without the nut, so you can slip the o-ring
onto the top of the cooler, rethread the pipe and tighten it up without
removing the hoses. It is an order of magnitude worse to have to remove the
hoses and risk breaking them. That said, there is the case for replacing
the rubber while you are up there but as I said, let sleeping dogs lie
unless you want to get into a whole lot of work.
Yes, John, you can take the pipe out with the nut on it. You MIGHT be able
to reassemble with the nut on the pipe as is came out, but a lot of things
will have to go right before you get so lucky. It will be better to prepare
for the ability to engage the nut with a socket before you reassemble,
better yet before you disassemble. Let me know if you need a measurement on
the nut. I have the socket for that, but don't recall what it is.
John, email me about the idle stabilizer module. I have it.
Jim
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> 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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