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Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Replacing differential (was "Everyone on summer vacation?")
From: David Patten <futofab@gsinet.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 17:08:20 -0400
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Paul,
Rip out the helicoil and stuff an expandable freeze plug in there ;>0

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On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Pete Peters <ppeters914@comcast.net> wrote:

> Yeah, it's a full day job, but you're an old pro at it......right? <g>
>
> Pete
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Paul Kort" <paulsdatsunstuff@gmail.com>
> To: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
> Cc: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2014 12:53:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Everyone on summer vacation?
>
> My roadster is garage bound with a leaky differential. The drain plug is
> fine, but it leaks at the fill plug. I tried a new plug, Teflon tape,
> Loctite Thread Sealer, but still had a drip. Looking closely at the axle
> housing, I can see that a PO ad installed a heli-coil. Not sure what I
> might try next to fix it, but at least I know where I can get a different
> axle. I just hate to think of the work involved in swapping it out.
>
> Paul
> Ohio
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 1:21 PM, John F Sandhoff <sandhoff@csus.edu> wrote:
>
> > It's been seven days since any postings here :-(
> >
> > I hope that means everyone's out cruising in the summer sun :-)
> > (except, of course, for our Southern Hemisphere members...)
> >
> > -- John
> > John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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