Motorcraft FL-1hp pressure drop

ACademic · #1 (**permalink**) 10-30-2010, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

What you see there is about an hour's worth of work

That's one hour you will never get back.

I'm not trying to be crass here, but you totally ruined two perfectly good fittings because you own a $70,000 car and were too cheap to buy $70 worth of Aeroquip replacements in the coatings that you desire. Wow. Just wow.

patrickt · #2 (**permalink**) 10-30-2010, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ACademic

That's one hour you will never get back.

I'm not trying to be crass here, but you totally ruined two perfectly good fittings because you own a $70,000 car and were too cheap to buy $70 worth of Aeroquip replacements in the coatings that you desire. Wow. Just wow.

Yep, that's me. Cheap as they come.

RodKnock · #3 (**permalink**) 10-30-2010, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

Yep, that's me. Cheap as they come.

More money left to spend at the oyster bar.

Here. I'll provide you with some additional help.

http://www.aeroquip.cc/

patrickt · #4 (**permalink**) 10-30-2010, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RodKnock

More money left to spend at the oyster bar.

Here. I'll provide you with some additional help.

http://www.aeroquip.cc/

Thank you, but I have those going to my oil cooler.

Buzzing off the red and blue really looks very nice, although I haven't gotten all of the last little bits. I must say I like the way it looks now quite a bit, so it will be interesting to see how the oxidation changes it since it's bare aluminum. Come on, it's not like a spent 20 hours on it like I did the third brake/running light... which is a work of art, I must say.

ERA Chas · #5 (**permalink**) 10-31-2010, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ACademic

I'm not trying to be crass here, but you totally ruined two perfectly good fittings because you own a $70,000 car and were too cheap to buy $70 worth of Aeroquip replacements in the coatings that you desire. Wow. Just wow.

An absolutely perfect assessment of a man who'll spend $250 on a valve adjustment reader (once every third year on a restaurant troller) but scrimp on lifetime fittings.

-And please DO be crass when referring to Bumhole of the Bailey.

patrickt · #6 (**permalink**) 10-31-2010, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ERA Chas

a man who'll spend $250 on a valve adjustment reader (once every third year on a restaurant troller)...

And you should see my restaurant tab....

And btw, re-used rubber v/c gaskets, open gear grease, and nuts torqued to 7 ft/lbs. Not a sign of a leak today.

RodKnock · #7 (**permalink**) 10-31-2010, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

Not a sign of a leak today.

Besides the hot air from your mouth you mean.

Eh, it's Halloween. What can I say....other than buy some Aeroquip.

ERA Chas · #8 (**permalink**) 10-31-2010, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

...and nuts torqued to 7 ft/lbs.

What brand of T/W reads down to 7 ft/lbs? Or do you convert from in/lbs?

patrickt · #9 (**permalink**) 10-31-2010, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ERA Chas

What brand of T/W reads down to 7 ft/lbs? Or do you convert from in/lbs?

84 inch/lbs. I re-torque it after the first heat cycle and then it's done. I need the smaller torque wrench more than the others as I tend to have a "heavy hand."