John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> said -

Mike,

I think you have triggered off one very good discussion here with your
Aluminum/Threads query.

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John -

Rather than fight with it, I talked to my mechanic, and he's going to get it
in the shop on Wednesday to see if he can just chase the threads or has to
put a Time-Sert in the hole.

He kindly pointed out to me that if I had been thinking I would have used
some penetrating oil as soon as I knew it was coming out tight, and might
have avoided damaging the threads.  I knew that you had to be careful
screwing into aluminum, to avoid cross-threading, etc., but never thought
about damage coming out.

So, I learned a lesson.  Hope it isn't too expensive!

The really annoying part is that I wanted to spend the weekend trying to
track down the intermittant loss of power, backfire, won't run problem, so I
can get down to Maryhill for the Wet Westies campout on the 7th.  Somehow,
running it on three cylinders didn't seem like a practical method of dealing
with that.

Tuesday night should be interesting enough.  I'm only about a block from the
mechanic's, but I have to get out of the driveway and around the stop sign
first, so I guess I'll be noisy for a few minutes!

Maybe this time I'll just put in Bosch Platinum plugs, and leave them there
until the rust wins!

- Mike Finkbiner
'87 Westy
Moscow, Idaho
mike_l_f@hotmail.com

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