X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:27:50 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [63.230.26.161] (HELO exchange.arilabs.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.7) with ESMTPS id 6627552 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:07:24 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=63.230.26.161; envelope-from=kevin@arilabs.net Received: from exchange.arilabs.net ([10.100.100.1]) by exchange.arilabs.net ([10.100.100.1]) with mapi; Thu, 5 Dec 2013 17:06:49 -0700 From: Kevin Stallard X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 17:06:30 -0700 Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Legacy IO-550 Oil Drain Thread-Topic: [LML] Re: Legacy IO-550 Oil Drain Thread-Index: Ac7x80MWLd52LzYDS2Gwj9j61W11PAAI8Dht X-Original-Message-ID: <779FE3D761D7B741813E300858A248CFF3BD5571C1@exchange.arilabs.net> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Thanks Bob, there isn't much of a description and wasn't sure... Kevin ________________________________________ From: Lancair Mailing List [lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Robert R Pa= stusek [rpastusek@htii.com] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 12:49 PM To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: [LML] Re: Legacy IO-550 Oil Drain Kevin wrote: How do you guys remove the cap and get the hose thingy screwed on w/o oil r= unning all over the place? Also, how do you ensure (e.g. safety wire) the cap on so that it doesn't un= screw in flight? Is there a safety wire hole on the cap somewhere that I = don't see? ------------------------- Kevin, The plug part that screws (permanently) into the oil pan has an internal va= lve that's opened when you remove the safety cap and insert the drain cap--= If you put a hose on it first, the oil goes where you want it to. If you do= n't bother with the hose, you might as well just take out the plug as recom= mended by another poster... :-) But to answer your question, the cap is a "safety plug." The primary valve = is internal, and closes with a spring when the drain plug is removed. Mine = doesn't have a safety wire on the cap, but the basic plug is safety-wired t= o the oil pan. The cap has an internal O-ring that holds it securely in pla= ce when it's screwed on. Hope this helps. BOB -- For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html