[DeTomaso] Pantera Oil Pans

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/5/08 21 12 16, cdifani at pacbell.net writes:


> I believe that, based on the +250°F specification in the Machinist 
> Handbook, nylock nuts are not appropriate for this kind of application. Or, at best, 
> they're marginal, but I'd like your opinions as well.... I believe that a 
> straight steel locking nut would be superior, rather than anything with nylon as 
> part of it's locking mechanism.
> 

Both Armando and Aviaid secure the baffle inside the pan with nylock nuts.   
Steel nuts might work TOO well, as the nuts are being threaded onto studs 
welded/brazed to the pan.   It might be too easy to snap them off.

A nylock insert is just insurance.   If the nut is properly torqued, the 
nylock insert isn't really doing anything.   And if it's not, it might just save 
your motor!

Mike


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