Strainer cover won`t come off, wtf
 

Is there a trick I`m missing? Ive been fighting to get this cover off for half an hour, I`m at the point of hitting the damn thing with a hammer! Largest pair of Chanell Locks I got and yanking it for 20 minutes and it won`t budge!
Under the large Allen nut theres a spring with a white ball seated on top of the cover almost like a pressure relief.... not sure what thats about either ...


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Betcha an air chisel would work. Or a... :greenchainsaw:

I had to walk away cause that or my .45 was gonna be next

Mine get stuck on sometimes. I have no idea what causes it. Mine are different and I have a puck tool and use a pipe for leverage. What a pain in the ass...

Looks like a tight area too. Good luck.

I`m trying to rock it and pull up at the same time... no room to turn it sideways

dan i believe you have to loosen the allen to realease the suction if the strainer is full of water..

Yeah I tried that too , no worky

some of the stainless marine cover designs didn't fit so good. Use a thin screwdriver and gently pry it up. To fix you will need to machine a little off the ID of the cover. Another buddy had the same problem, I'll find out how much he took off.

Kris

OK Scratch what I said. You need to put ice on the cover to shrink it, then use a bunch of putty knives to evenly work the cover up til its off. If it gets a little crooked it will jam. There are two problems. One there is probably a little corrosion on the ID of the aluminum housing that is binding up the cover and two the staight cut ID of the cover is too big and needs to be machined down around .050 inches (diameter). Don't machine the bevel surface only the straight section that fits down in the strainer body.

Good call Kris, I hit if with some liquid refrigerant and a butter knife, finally came up! You`re spot on, the corrosion on the flat portion was preventing it from coming up.. I~ll reduce the diameter.
thanx!

That's excellent when you're out at sea and clog a strainer. Be sure to bring some liquid nitrogen to keep in the cuddy just in case.

I'll stick to my ugly vintage perko style strainers. Had them in every boat ive owned and never a issue! Just went thru spending half a day f'n with a leaky strainer lid on my buddy's fancy KPM strainers last week. Pissin water in the bilge like a mofo. But they look cool! :(

Its a Cigarette thing Joe, you wouldn`t understand..

AUTOLITE RACING FOR LIFE!!

FF to 1:09. That's what im talkin bout lol NGK Racing is where its at, if your serious. Autolites....PFFT what you got a Ford Granada with a 6 cyl?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFkCVNhXMF0

+1

Your confused my friend !!!

Honey the strainer is clogged !!!! Can you please get my nitrogen tank from the cuddy! Or maybe fill the bilge with ice cubes

Watch out here comes the Mild Thunder NGK support crew!!



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Beware of their Laser power!!

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Lmao !!! Now that's funny. I'm surprised you aren't running some split fires or a delco rapid fires in those mills.

hmmm
 

You`re right I might have to switch!

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yeah and msd to boot! (hope NOT!)

He's still running that crap. Ive got a spare MSD marine box for him to put next to his nitrogen tank, prybar, and non fouler tips :angry-smiley-038::daz:

For what its worth
 

Looks like the Autolites (two on the left) are a bit cleaner , the ground electrode on all the NGK is black, not so much with the AR 134`s


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