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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 121,276 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None ![]() |
During last weekend's autocross I had a problem with my oil filler cover coming off the “neck” of the engine case. I made the oil filler cover pictured below a few years ago because I didn’t like the stock tin piece and I wanted something with some bling. It never gave me a problem until last weekend but it did leak some oil once an awhile. The problem was the stock bale wire spring didn’t apply enough pressure on the gasket so give a good seal. I thought there must be something else I can do.
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Cap'n Krusty ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California ![]() |
It would appear you've tightened your plate so tight it's warped it, putting too much pressure on the ends, and hardly any in the middle. If I were doing this (and I probably wouldn't), I would have made the angle plates proud of the top of the boss on the case halves (say, 2.3 the thickness of the gasket), and secured it so the gasket would be slightly and evenly crushed. Besides that, I would never misuse JB Weld that way. It has a nasty habit of deteriorating under those conditions.
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 121,276 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None ![]() |
It would appear you've tightened your plate so tight it's warped it, putting too much pressure on the ends, and hardly any in the middle. If I were doing this (and I probably wouldn't), I would have made the angle plates proud of the top of the boss on the case halves (say, 2.3 the thickness of the gasket), and secured it so the gasket would be slightly and evenly crushed. Besides that, I would never misuse JB Weld that way. It has a nasty habit of deteriorating under those conditions. The Cap'n I post #8 I said that I adjusted the bolts to even out the pressure on the gasket after I took the pictures from below. I was going to try to get the angles just below the top of the neck but lining up and drilling blind holes was sorta difficult. I decided to hold the angles down and use the bolts to adjust the pressure. I have thought of adding washers between the angles and the top plate as spacers so that the plate doesn't warp when tightened. As far as the JB Weld, I used it before on my first version and never had a problem. I had to use quite a bit of force to break it apart. For now it works just fine. I wouldn't have expected anything else besides the warmest of regards from The Cap'n. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) |
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