[Public-List] Petcock threads in manifold, this might work for you...

[Ronald Walker]

Great info, thanks a bunch skipper.


--- On Sat, 5/19/12, Daniel Sternglass <dans at stmktg.com> wrote:

> From: Daniel Sternglass <dans at stmktg.com>
> Subject: [Public-List] Petcock threads in manifold, this might work for you...
> To: "Alberg-30 List" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012, 4:27 PM
> To: Ronald Walker<rwpsw at sbcglobal.net>*
> *
> Ron,
> 
> One of my favorite tools for my 1966 Atomic-4 is a pipe
> nipple remover.  4-5 years ago I bought a set at Lowe's
> or Home Depot for about $10 to get the 1/4" size, but as my
> kids would say, it was SOOO worth it.
> 
> If you have a broken off piece of threaded material in the
> manifold, try saturating it with some kind of penetrating
> oil or even WD-40, then use the tool to try to back it out
> the hole. This has worked several times for me, and beats
> all the other things one might try to restore a stripped
> thread in an iron or steel casting, if this is appropriate
> for you. I would be not suggest heating the part up in the
> boat though, due the proximity of the fuel system, probably
> best to remove it if you want to try that.
> 
> Link to finest-kind Harbor Freight version of this tool
> http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece-pipe-nipple-extractor-set-93822.html?utm_medium=cse&utm_source=googlebase&hft_adv=40010&mr:trackingCode=97740F9E-782A-E011-B31E-001B2163195C&mr:referralID=NA
> 
> --Dan Stermglass
> Watcher of the Skies, #201, 1966, Cayuga Lake, Ithaca, NY
> **
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