On 08/08/2011 04:12 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> While I usually side with the factory for most design features I question
> the sold copper crush washer on a steel plug going into aluminum threads.
> You have to distort the threads for this to tighten and seal. Why?
>
> Look for the Dorman or Oil-Tite board at the FLAPS. There are a number of
> 14mm options. The three pack of the white nylon gaskets work really well.
> They also have a metal gasket-crush washer that actually crushes that fits
> perfectly. Then there is the solid copper washer if you really want it.
>
> To remove a small amount of oil remove the filter and empty it out or just
> change it. .
>

Once you got tencentlife's external oil cooler installed, the two
heavy-duty hoses coming off the filter's banjo adapter make it easier to
undo the oil drain plug than try to access the filter.

Thanks for the tip on the white nylon gasket. But my heart belongs to
copper crushable, mainly because I like saying "copper crushable."

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer, the Westralia.

Sent from my banjo adapter.