Pietenpol-List: A65 oil filter screen

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Original Posted By: "Ed G."
My thanks to whoever it was that suggested inspection of the oil screen contents on the A65. I had really not wanted to bugger up the square head on the oil screen cover on mine anymore than it already was from 50+ years of service, but knew it would have to be taken out for inspection sooner or later and every tool in my box was tending to slip on the corners. So a machinist friend of mine made me a square-head socket with a 3/8" adapter so I could use a standard ratchet on it without further messing up the corners of the square head, and also dressed the corners of the cap to give the new tool an excellent purchase on all four faces and corners of the square head.Per your suggestions on this great list, I carefully pulled the screen and washed it out in a coffee filter with avgas, let the liquid evaporate, and found only some minute particles of dust and a few pieces of the usual crud... nothing shiny or metallic. This A65 is good to keep flying, and now I have a quick and reliable way to pull the screen without resorting to measures that knock the corners off the square head again.And no, I don't have any of these for sale. It's a one-off piece, and he engraved it, "Screw-Off Tool Co."Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: Oscar Zuniga
Hi Oscar..Not burst your bubble but for the info of others on the list with square headed plugs. Eight point sockets for square headed plugs and cheap hardware bolts are available at Sears/ Craftsman. If you've ever bought a Craftsman tool set they are those weird looking coarse toothed sockets that no one ever uses. Ed G. ----- Original Message -----