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[stag green java]

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Remembered the name of the firm i bought the socket easy out Snap On

[Stagdad]

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rogerk wrote:

My problem is the arthritis in the hands will not let me put too greater grip on the stiltons and I was starting to round off the square so I went for the welding nut routine.




Roger

Roger are you sure they were stilsons you were using as they self tighten ,if you can't move the handle get a larger pair.I bought a pair at an auto jumble for £9 with a handle about 2 foot long,i know these woud shift it ,much easier than taking the sump off but you may need to get the front of the car quite high to swing it.

Cheers Steve

Now that what i'm talking about

[rogerk]

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Hi Steve

they were moll grips not stilsons, will have another go at the week end





cheers



Roger

[Stagdad]

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rogerk wrote:

Hi Steve

they were moll grips not stilsons, will have another go at the week end





cheers



Roger

Ah make sense ,mole grips are ok for some jobs but not this one.

Good luck Steve

[marshman]

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rogerk wrote:

Hi Steve

they were moll grips not stilsons, will have another go at the week end





cheers



Roger

hi,

Steve is right you need a pair of stilsons, once they have dug in and gripped they will not let go the grip tighter the more force you use- even a small pair with a long extension over the handle. You will not get mole grips to hold tight enough.

I would recomend a 9" pair - if you go too big the jaws get a bit wide and there is a small chance they will twist and slip of side ways on the small bit of the sump plug that sticks out. Use an extension bar over the handle to make it easier - the handle from my trolley jack works for me.

Roger

[rogerk]

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Stilsons work

Yes took the car round to a fellow Stag enthusiast yesterday who has a pit

Within minutes of being over the pit applied a pair or large stilsons and hay presto sump plug removed

drained oil, put new plug insitu with PTFE tape around and the threads sealed

but with the help of being under the car we were able to see the source of the oil leak ( no need to have over tighten the plug) it was the brasing of the threaded bush in the sump that was cracked and seeping

Used some FIX IT today and now no oil leak



Thanks for all you comments



another plus for the forum



Roger

[stag8manod]

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Hi Roger, I dont know what Fixit is or how permanent the repair is considererd to be but short of removing the sump a method I have used for repairing/modifying sumps in situ is to drain it and then flood the internal space of the engine with Argon Gas and then braze in the required fitting or braze/weld repair the damaged area.

Regards Ian A

[rogerk]

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Hi Ian

This Fix It is good stuff:shock: Its an epoxy putty and it seals rock hard suitable for machining and sanding if required.

A fellow Stag member used it to repair a blown spark plug a couple of years ago and he drove all the way home from France and carried on using the car for about a year before he got round to putting in a helicoil

Roger

[stag green java]

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I believe that fix it is more or less the same as liquid metal for those of us that have oil or petrol tank leaks ,I used this on a 1930 Daimler petrol tank with a bad leak 10 years ago and is still holding up. Apply as you would for body filler,sand and paint as for metal. Great stuff. Its rust proof as well got to a plus on a stag.

[DJT]

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'Quick Steel' is very similar. Comes in a 'sausage-roll' format with the hardener forming the sausage. Just cut off what you want, kneed it together and watch it set rock hard. Excellent stuff.

Dave

[rogerk]

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DJT wrote:

'Quick Steel' is very similar. Comes in a 'sausage-roll' format with the hardener forming the sausage. Just cut off what you want, kneed it together and watch it set rock hard. Excellent stuff.

Dave

Dave

believe "fix it" is tha same stuff as it is in a sausage shape and you just cut a slice, kneed it and then apply

Its now in the tool kit in the car

Never know --- Water leak , plug threads stipped, etc



Roger