[NSRCA-discussion] Heli coils

[vicenterc at comcast.net]

Jon,

Do you know Clarence Lee e-mail or phone number?  

Thanks,

Vicente Bortone

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From: jonlowe at aol.com 

> With all of this talk on Helicoils for exhaust and glowplugs, I 
> thought I'd mention that Clarence Lee (yes, the engine guru that wrote 
> for years in RCM) advertises in Model Aviation in the classified 
> section about doing inserts for glowplugs, and doing a brass insert for 
> exhaust threads on four stroke engines. He has done several glow plug 
> inserts in OS 1.60 heads for me, and a brass exhaust insert on a YS1.20 
> for my Dad and a friend of mine. He does exceptional work, fast, and 
> at a very reasonable price, cheaper than buying the tools to attempt it 
> yourself, and far cheaper than a new head. And you cannot duplicate 
> what he does on exhaust threads without a whole lot of expensive 
> equipment. He has the correct machine tools and fixtures to do it 
> right, without any danger of getting things in crooked, which is easy 
> to do with Helicoils. I cannot recommend anyone more highly. To me, 
> it just isn't worth it to attempt it myself, because I have screwed up 
> helicoils before in larger sizes when I was racing cars, and it is no 
> fun even when you have more room to work than we do. 
> 
> Jon Lowe 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Bob Richards 
> To: NSRCA Mailing List 
> Sent: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 06:07:57 -0800 (PST) 
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Heli coils 
> 
> Dohhh!!! I guess that is the propshaft size of some engines I was 
> thinking of. 
> 
> And they DON"T have the 1/4-32 listed. 
> 
> Bob R. 
> 
> 
> John Ferrell wrote: 
> Did you mean 1/4-32 for the glow plug? 
> 
> John Ferrell 
> http://DixieNC.US 
> 
> 
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