Jeff,
My Wife still carries the chipped tooth she received when SHE was installing
the rear end in HER '67!!! She says she "Feels for you buddy"....
Good luck.
Nick
N.A. Campiglia III
Abilene, TX
'67 Spitfire MKIII
'74 Spitfire 1500
http://camalott.com/~spitdrvr
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff McNeal <jmcneal@ohms.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 3:47 PM
Subject: Cursed oil pans!!!!
>
> Hello again. I'm halfway through my oilpan seal replacement for the
second
> time in three months. The first time around, I repaired a stripped out
> thread with a heli-coil (thanks Joe!) and reattached the pan with a new
> gasket, but no goop, since the workshop manual didn't specify any. Big
> mistake. I ended up with a worse oil leak than I started out with and
> finally allowed enough time to pass to forget what a pain in the @ss this
> job is before starting again. After much effort, the oil pan is off (that
> one bolt above the frame that doesn't allow enough clearance for even my
> angle drive is a $%#&!). Conked myself above the eye with my socket
wrench
> when I lost my grip and in bounced off my head. Mrs. Jones draws blood!!
>
> I've thoroughly cleaned up the block where the pan fits on and noticed
that
> there is a single loop of the helicoil that is protruding from the hole
> where I made my repair. I must not have screwed it in far enough. I'm
not
> sure if this is a problem or not -- the coil loop presses more or less
flush
> against the block when I press on it, but I'm wondering if there's any way
I
> can still shove it up there further? Or should I just grind off the
excess
> (I'd rather not attempt that one). Or should I just leave it alone and
> apply a good bead of Permatex 2 around everything and just forget it?
>
> I'll go clean up the oil pan, place a bead around it and lay the gasket
on.
> Hopefully by the time I'm done with that, there will be a suggestion or
two.
> Thanks!!
>
> Jeff (not bloody cheek; bloody eyebrow!) McNeal
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