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Re: [GMCnet] oil cooler adapter gasket [message #262036 is a reply to message #262029]

Tue, 16 September 2014 10:25

Kingsley Coach

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Location: Nova Scotia Canada

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Richard

If you have 30,000 miles on it I doubt you screwed up much else or you
would certainly know by now !

Mike n NS

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:22 AM, RJW wrote:

> USAussie wrote on Tue, 16 September 2014 02:10
>> Richard,
>>
>> I checked the bolts today and the 1" bolts extend 1/2" from the bottom
> of the adapter and the long bolt 3/8".
>>
>> You can use these measurements to determine if you can get it off.
>
> Rob,
>
> I was told off line by someone who would know that it can be done with the
> manifold in place, but it is a tricky operation. You only have about an
> inch to play with and the orientation of the gasket is easy to mess up.
> My problems might have been caused by my not using lock washers for those
> three bolts when I finished putting the engine together before I installed
> it in the coach. Over time they loosened up causing the leak. It took
> 30,000 miles or so to do that. I was in a hurry to get it done and wonder
> now what else I screwed up during the install.
>
> I need to get it done this week since I plan on leaving for Wisconsin on
> Sunday.
>
>
> --
> Richard
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> SE Michigan
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>
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