Technical Screwed this intake?

Not to be that guy, but I threw one of those in the trash recently.

 

How did the threads clean up? Just curious if you had any trouble with them.

Looks great

 

That’s next.

 

Same here years ago.
just like straight 6s. Now I got a pile of em in the shop

 

Tap ran in no problem

 

Its a vacuum tap , won't need much torque to seal it !

 

Yep. Wonder why my uncle hammered that thing as hard as he did.

 

"Cause it a little screwin' is good, more screwin's is better!

 

I’ll blame it my cousin. he’s probably pissed at his dad when they built this engine. My uncle didn’t mess around when it’s working time or the truck the intake came out of was down, it was very important to his concrete business.

 

It probably got tight just before it was pointing the way he wanted it to point. Its a pipe thread, so another 1/4 turn can't hurt....

Once it cracked the cast, each cracked edge of that cast acts like a lock washer, it digs into the fitting. 3 cracks, 3 lock washer locking points. Cutting the pipe casing and breaking it out was probably the only way it was going to come out.

 

Good point. That's what probably happened.
If you want to clock the fitting in a particular direction and it's snug but short, it may be best to put the tap back in and cut the threads a fraction of a turn.

 

You removed it the best way . I have had to do this many times with gas and propane blowing in my face . Most of the issues I faced were caused by dissimilar metals being screwed together for years . Blue Lock***e is your friend when sealing a pipe fitting that is near being clocked , but fits German ***e “ Goodn***e “ back it off and let the lock***e do its thing . No leaks ever . Cast threads super easy , but the hole has been cracked and repaired no use stressing the repairs trying to punch a tapered tap deeper into the hole , just my 2 cents . Seems as the new pipe threaded fittings are never threaded deep enough . I hate off shore stuff . I always had male pipe taps and female dies , to chase threads with if I had an ill fitting joint to deal with. We had go nogo gauges to determine if your threads were cut deep enough to seal and screw together correctly also . They stayed on my work truck and the operator , was retired . I would bet most all of the “ good tools “ hit the s**** steel bin by now , because the new pipeliners had no idea what they were to be used for . Sound familiar to anyone else ?

 

Brucie tight is best...well that's his opinion......everyone's been a Brucie......then Mr Torque wrench showed up to spoil the fun...or is it win the race!!!

Many times man is not a good torque replacement...

...and repairs are an ancient secret eh!!

Glad it worked out...

 

Sorry I was unaware there wasn't a torque value for such such fittings, NPT I believe...I guess it's good if it's good and not if it cracks...Brucie wins if he knows when to stop...