---------------------------------------------------------- Engines-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 09/15/07: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:44 PM - removing the oil filler tube (Mick Muller) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:44:37 PM PST US From: "Mick Muller" Subject: Engines-List: removing the oil filler tube Howdy all. I have a Lycoming O-320 E3D engine that I am installing in an RV9A. I am trying to remove the baffles. There is one screw that sits right behind the oil filler tube. To get to this screw I am going to have to take off the oil filler tube, which on this engine is plastic. I presume that this is a normal right hand thread and not left hand. I cannot get a spanner or wrench onto the bottom of the tube, but there is a "nut" about half up the tube. All my efforts so far have only succeeded in deforming the tube and the wrench slipping off. I am too scared of cracking this tube to grip it with vice grips, does anyone have a solution to this problem?? Thanks, Mick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message engines-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Engines-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/engines-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/engines-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.