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@DannyP posted:..... @Carlos G I like that treatment of the rubber washers. That is DEFINITELY a source of dirt in the carbs...
OK, so I've been following this wing nut sub-thread (and may have contributed to it somewhat), with growing fascination, and now perhaps with growing feelings of anxiety and even foreboding.
For most of my adult life, I've felt I've known all that was important to know about wing nuts. But as talk has escalated around drilling, safety wire, securing springs and now rubber washers, I'm getting nervous. Is this yet another hole in my sorry understanding of what car guys are supposed to just know?
Here is one of the wing nuts that secure my air cleaner covers. There's a solid brass washer, a star washer, and the wing nut proper. For almost ten years now and for over 40 thousand miles, they have held firm. Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night has kept one of them from their appointed rounds.
Using them is rather simple. Two wraps of a rag to cushion my delicate, California fingers, a quick twist, and the task is done. Releasing them is a similar process.
The only special care required is making sure the wing nuts and all washers are completely removed from the engine compartment before the air cleaner covers are removed, else one of them is sure to disappear down the Venturi of Death.
So, what am I missing? Why is this not a fully sanctioned process? What crimes against engineering am I committing here? Where have I failed? The nuts stay nutted. I am master of my domain.
What, are star washers somehow cheating? Maybe I don't want to know after all.
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