[Roadsters] Everyone on summer vacation?

[Gary and Cindy Ault]

Paul,

No crack(s) around the fill plug opening?

To the best of my knowledge,
a helicoil is wound like a spring and is not intended to seal -- just hold.  I
could see oil being wicked past the helicoil like a speedo cable.  Teflon tape
may not cut it, as it would only seal the threads, not the spiral.  Have you
tried working so good old fashioned, non-hardening gasket sealer into the
helicoil?  Like you would a bearing race?  Have you asked what it would cost
to weld up the hole part way and cut new threads?  Brazing material might
work.

Just random thoughts before I fix my first cocktail of the evening.
 Good luck.

Gary


________________________________
 From: Paul Kort
<paulsdatsunstuff at gmail.com>
To: John F Sandhoff <sandhoff at csus.edu> 
Cc:
Roadster Stuff <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Thursday, August 7,
2014 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Everyone on summer vacation?
 

  My
roadster is garage bound with a leaky differential.  The drain plug is
fine,
but it leaks at the fill plug.  I tried a new plug, Teflon tape,
Loctite
Thread Sealer, but still had a drip.  Looking closely at the axle
housing, I
can see that a PO ad installed a heli-coil.  Not sure what I
might try next to
fix it, but at least I know where I can get a different
axle.  I just hate to
think of the work involved in swapping it out.

Paul
Ohio


On Thu, Aug 7,
2014 at 1:21 PM, John F Sandhoff <sandhoff at csus.edu> wrote:

> It's been seven
days since any postings here :-(
>
> I hope that means everyone's out cruising
in the summer sun :-)
> (except, of course, for our Southern Hemisphere
members...)
>
> -- John
>      John F Sandhoff  sandhoff at csus.edu 
Sacramento, CA
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