Thanks Jeff and Brian,
You're right, Jeff--not only the starter, but the intake manifold as
well--even then, I doubt it's easy. I'm tending to go with Brian's epoxy idea,
but I'm first going to see if the old one does the same thing. The threaded
portion on the new one is quite a bit shorter. I doubt that's the problem, but
any port in a hurricane.
Isn't a crush washer something that deforms? The one that was there was flat
copper.
Alan Lambert
--- En date de : Ven 2.7.10, Jeff Greenfield <[email protected]> a icrit :
De: Jeff Greenfield <[email protected]>
Objet: Re: [alfa] Re:Oil pressure sender problem
@: "Alan Lambert" <[email protected]>
Cc: "alfa" <[email protected]>
Date: Vendredi 2 juillet 2010, 1h53
My guess is that the last guy who replaced it might have overtightened it
and/or the sender was seized in the block which galled the threads.
I don't remember what year your car is, you may have just enough room to
install a heli-coil. You may need to remove some stuff (starter?) to get a
straight shot at it.
Sorry, I don't remember the thread size and pitch.
If you do this (and I don't think you have much choice) use a liberal helping
of grease on the drill and tap, go slow, drill a little bit, clean off the
chips and repeat.
After your are done, before you install the sender, crank the engine over to
push some oil out the hole, which will carry any debris with it.
It's important that your new threads remain square so that it will seal
properly.
Lastly, use a new crush washer between the block and sender.
Jeff
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 1, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Alan Lambert <[email protected]> wrote:
> First, thanks to members of the digest, I successfully removed the old
sender.
> It required quite a bit of force to unscrew---much more than a small screw
> insert should have taken.
>
> Second, I screwed in the new sender-----except I didn't-----with a small
bit
> of force (hand turned) it went in---and turned and turned and turned,
showing
> resistance every few turns.
>
> Since it's just about impossible to get a good view of the threads in the
> block, I can't tell, but I suspect the last insertion may have damaged the
> threads.
>
> Suggestions???????----------------------------haaaalp
>
> Alan Lambert
>
>
>
> --- En date de : Jeu 1.7.10, George Graves <[email protected]> a icrit
:
>
> De: George Graves <[email protected]>
> Objet: Re: [alfa] tz3
> @: "ira kaufman" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "alfa" <[email protected]>
> Date: Jeudi 1 juillet 2010, 20h50
>
> Ah! Here's the rub. I have about a dozen books on the history of Alfa
Romeo.
> It's about split 50/50 that TZ either means "Tubolare Zagato" or "Turismo
> (Touring) Zagato". The TZ3, having no tubes, sorta slants that answer
toward
> Turismo, methinks.
>
> George Graves
> '86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2010, at 11:15 AM, ira kaufman wrote:
>
>> why they call it the tubelare(aint no tubes) is silly but the tz3 is
>> stunning.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjUWKnl1D_4&feature=related
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