[TPR] New Stuff (Asa's update for 2015 08 18

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Nice!  I'd have never thought of it.  But I need to change oil anyway 
and waiting another day or two won't put me behind.  I'll try to 
remember that trick if I ever need it though.

Thanks Kirby,
Asa  Jay

Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 8/19/2015 2:23 AM, Kirby Schrader via TPR wrote:
>> On Aug 18, 2015, at 23:37, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR<tpr at teampanteraracing.com>  wrote:
>>
>> Tonight was a fairly easy night.  The new engine oil and filter arrived for the Pantera, but the new oil temp gauge doesn't get here     until tomorrow night.  I don't want to pull the plugs on the oil pan until the gauge is here.
> A trivial solution to changing oil pan plug gaskets or adding oil temperature sensors when you have oil in the pan is to put a shop vacuum on the valve cover breather and turn it on.
>
> You can take the drain plug out and do whatever you want. The vacuum pulls air in through the hole you just made.
> You won’t spill a drop of oil.
>
> An old trick I have used several time and it works just peachy.
>
> FWIW
> Kirby
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