Oil leak

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote
mike regish wrote:

I have a 1/4-20 bottom
tap I'm going to run in to clean up the threads.

One more thing you've probably already thought of. Most taps have a
tapered tip. When used as a chaser, such a tap will not clean the
bottom threads in a hole. You can take care of this by cutting and/or
grinding most of the tapered section off the end of the tap.

Well, let's see.... he did say that he has a "bottom" tap.

Bob Moore

Problem found-not solved yet. The ears where the bolts go through the
housing are cracked. Must've been growing for a while. I saw some suspicious
lines yesterday, but thought they were just in the paint. After cleaning up
all the threads and replacing the screen adn housing I ran it up at idle.
Oil-still leaking. I could also very clearly see the cracks. Anybody know
where I can get an oil screen housing?

mike regish
"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote
mike regish wrote:

I have a 1/4-20 bottom
tap I'm going to run in to clean up the threads.

One more thing you've probably already thought of. Most taps have a
tapered tip. When used as a chaser, such a tap will not clean the
bottom threads in a hole. You can take care of this by cutting and/or
grinding most of the tapered section off the end of the tap.

Well, let's see.... he did say that he has a "bottom" tap.

Bob Moore

Bob Moore wrote:

Well, let's see.... he did say that he has a "bottom" tap.

Ah! Missed that. No need to jerry-rig one, then.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

Actually, I ground off the first 4 threads because they looked pretty dull
anyways.

So...Stop! You're both right!

mike regish

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Bob Moore wrote:

Well, let's see.... he did say that he has a "bottom" tap.

Ah! Missed that. No need to jerry-rig one, then.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.