Looking for some advice...
I was changing my oil filter last night and got careless cutting the safety wire to the oil filter. I managed to tear the tab on the accessory case that has the hole for the safety wire. So there is no hole for safety wiring the oil filter in place now.
As a best I could do at the time, I ran the safety wire around the boss for the oil temp sender. It's secure, just not the way Lycoming planned it.
So as I see it my options going forward are:
-continue to wire around the base of the boss for the oil temp sender
-JB weld a small piece of tubing where the old safety wire hole was
-remove accessory case and repair via weld+drill, or replace acc case (I REALLY don't want to do this)
-don't use safety wire - has anyone ever REALLY had an oil filter fall off? Never had one fall off my car.
-something else I haven't thought of?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
FWIW O-360 on RV-6
I was changing my oil filter last night and got careless cutting the safety wire to the oil filter. I managed to tear the tab on the accessory case that has the hole for the safety wire. So there is no hole for safety wiring the oil filter in place now.
As a best I could do at the time, I ran the safety wire around the boss for the oil temp sender. It's secure, just not the way Lycoming planned it.
So as I see it my options going forward are:
-continue to wire around the base of the boss for the oil temp sender
-JB weld a small piece of tubing where the old safety wire hole was
-remove accessory case and repair via weld+drill, or replace acc case (I REALLY don't want to do this)
-don't use safety wire - has anyone ever REALLY had an oil filter fall off? Never had one fall off my car.
-something else I haven't thought of?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
FWIW O-360 on RV-6
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