> That must have been a nice trick. I thought the pipe would
> hit the top
> edge of the engine block. Lucky you.
With the head off, you can ease it past the top edge of the block.
> Bigger wrench. The steel adapter fitting has a 1-1/8" wrench
Well, I'm using a 1-1/8" box wrench, which is pretty long....
> long ways for expanding a thin brass nut. Just heat the nut, not the
> threaded fitting.
Gonna douse it in penetrant for a couple of days and see if that helps.
Don't have a full propane cylinder at the house right now anyway...and my
wife will really think I've lost it if I'm holding the thing over the BBQ
grill...
> Oh, just to be sure. Do remember that it's a right handed
> thread, and turn
> anti-clockwise to undo.
Yeah...I always assume that, but took a good look at the exposed threads to
verify when it was being such a pain...
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