When I replaced the T-sending unit on a '76B, the amount of force I had
to use to loosen it scared me into thinking I might break it off
leaving the threaded part, but it finally loosened with a combination
of focused heat and muscle (two different units!).
Bill
On Fri, 24 May 2002 david.culgan.b@us.agfa.com wrote:
> Tom Wagner wrote:
> >>Can someone tell me if the sending unit for the temperature guage >>thtat is
> mounted on the block, is that reverse thread or normal >>thread in a 67 B???
>
> And Barney replied:
> >..use a flare nut wrench on this fitting, accept no substitute >tool. If you
> bugger it up and have to cut the line to replace that >funny nut, it's about
>$90
> for repair at a specialty shop.
>
> Or you may opt to be the DPO and use a pair of vice-grips at this point. :)
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