 Quick ??
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,254
Oil Expert
|
OP
Oil Expert
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,254 |
What do you use for a crush washer(on the oil sump plug) when you cant get a proper one ? .
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 23,225 Likes: 62
Fe Butt
|
Fe Butt
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 23,225 Likes: 62 |
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,308 Likes: 4
Worn Saddle
|
|
Worn Saddle
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,308 Likes: 4 |
get it red hot with a torch (a bernz-o-matic not a flashlight for you outside the US) then drop it into a cup of cold water. Reuse.
A word to the wise is not necessary. It is the stupid ones who need the advice.
Pat
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 23,225 Likes: 62
Fe Butt
|
|
Fe Butt
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 23,225 Likes: 62 |
annealing is best but I just slap it back on as is. Have for every oil change so far and no leaks. The one on my 64 BMW is still the one that was on it when I got it.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 8,393 Likes: 1
Second Wind
|
|
Second Wind
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 8,393 Likes: 1 |
Copper washer from the hardware store, or a neoprene one in a pinch.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,821
Bar Shake
|
|
Bar Shake
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,821 |
+1 on the copper. The only reason Triumph uses aluminium is because it's cheaper.
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 5,068 Likes: 1
Saddle Sore
|
|
Saddle Sore
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 5,068 Likes: 1 |
Scuff it on some 160 grit or so in a round motion . It puts sortofa new surface on it .
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 23,225 Likes: 62
Fe Butt
|
|
Fe Butt
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 23,225 Likes: 62 |
Copper from the hardware store works very well, that's why it is used on brakes.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 476
Adjunct
|
|
Adjunct
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 476 |
i heat it up and put it back on...been working for the last 10 years on 7 different triumphs.
If it isn't broke, I haven't messed with it.
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 5,268 Likes: 16
Saddle Sore
|
|
Saddle Sore
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 5,268 Likes: 16 |
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,099
Loquacious
|
|
Loquacious
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,099 |
Just thinkin' out loud but, maybe the reason to use an aluminium washer rather than a copper one is because of dissimilar metals, electrolysis, and galvanic corrosion. You already have alum. case and steel drain plug?????????  Uncle Charlie
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 237
Adjunct
|
|
Adjunct
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 237 |
if it looks a bit deformed.. flip it over.. works again and again .. copper is still better..but reuse ..and if it looks ...questionable.. flip it .. enjoy !
07 SPEEDMASTER ..SLASHCUT BUBS..
NOLOGY COILS/WIRES ..PHANTOM BLACK ..CHROME COVERS...K&N PODS..
BEAUTIFULL WHEN SHE RUNS RIGHT..SHE WAS ..
.. I LIKE HER>> ALOT ~~
|
|
|
Re: Quick ??
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,254
Oil Expert
|
|
OP
Oil Expert
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,254 |
Thanks gents , i shoulda paid more attention when i was oil changing and flipped the washer every change . Instead i just gave the plug an extra tweek every time . So after talking to one of our mechanics at work , he says use a GM oil plug washer (they have a rubber like insert ) theywork like a charm.
|
|
|
|
|
