speaking of the TIN well last night i noticed that the pass side tin was almost cutting a coolent hose
in the middle pinching it. what a pain. why did they design that so tight?  good BEER?

vanagon love gets all..

Joe

-----Original Message-----
>From: jake beaulieu <jbeaulie@ND.EDU>
>Sent: Jan 20, 2006 7:22 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: burred spark plug threads: update
>
>Original message:
>"I somehow managed to burr the spark plug threads on one cylinder last
>night. All the tin on these air cooled motors makes changing the plugs much
>harder than it should be."
>
>UPDATE
>I picked up a thread chaser last night and after looking everything over I
>have decided that I can't do this operation through the cooling tin.  You
>wouldn't need to be off by much to really botch this job.  So, I am going to
>drop my engine this weekend so that I can change out the spark plugs.  Only
>in a Vanagon!
>
>Jake
>82 air cooled westy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
>Keith Hughes
>Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 3:54 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: burred spark plug threads
>
>Jake,
>
>Remember to put some heavy duty axle grease on the thread chaser also.
>The grease will capture the shavings to keep them from going into the
>cylinder.  Turn in about a half-turn, then back out about a 1/4 turn to
>clear the shavings, and just keep going slowly.  Pretty easy really.
>
>Keith Hughes
>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Date:    Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:58:05 -0600
>>From:    Raceingcajun <raceingcajun47@BELLSOUTH.NET>
>>Subject: Re: burred spark plug threads
>>
>>Jake,
>>
>>    There is 14 MM and older Fo*ds used 18 MM size threads. You have 14 MM.
>>Any good "Flaps" should have a thread chaser, use that instead of a tap. Go
>>very slow, by hand until you get it started.
>>    Good luck.
>>
>>