With an oil filter you won't go wrong if you only tighten it by hand. It's when you decide to use a wrench to tighten it back on that you can get into trouble.
You should put a little oil on the O ring just before you install it and some oil in the filter as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Howell To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs Yeah, I gave them about a quarter turn, backed them out, ran them in and one more quarter turn. Just to be sure it felt right. They would just run in and hit the ring that crushes down, but damn all if I could tell at first what to expect. So, I figure as long as it's not to tight, all will be good. I did the same with the oil filter, but gave that a tad more than a quarter. I'm realizing that despite what my father used to do, not everything needs to be cranked as tight as you physically can turn it. He'd do that with everything including drink containers and drive the rest of us insane trying to get it open again. grin On Jun 1, 2008, at 8:19 AM, Bob Kennedy wrote: > And just remember it doesn't take loads of torque to seat a plug. My > wrists over the years have gotten fairly strong and I hold the > ratchet pretty close to the near end when I run them back in. When > they bottom out I don't like to give a full quarter turn more. They > will go but coming back out is the catch... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Howell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 5:43 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs > > And although I did not mention this, I used that material for sure. I > should have pointed that out because you are absolutely correct and > being that I hope to have this beast for a few more years, I'm sure > I'll be changing the plugs and thus would be the sucker who doesn't > want to have to do something extreme to get the old plugs out. grin > > On Jun 1, 2008, at 3:04 AM, Larry Stansifer wrote: > > > Please be advised the subject line has been modified to reflect the > > general > > information contained in the following message. > > > > Having spent my entire career working with aluminum I found that any > > time > > you install spark-plugs or for that matter almost any threaded > > fastener into > > an aluminum assembly you are well advised to use just a touch of > > nickel > > based anti seize compound on the threads. This is especially true of > > spark-plugs because you might be the poor sucker who removes them on > > the > > next tune-up. After thousands of miles of heating and cooling steel > > and > > aluminum develop a very-very close relationship. > > Bob, I am certain that you found this to be true in the marine > > industry as > > well. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
