[Walt Fricke]

Andy

I found the hardest part was restaking (pressure cast aluminum case). I thought I had made a suitable punch, but wasn't satisfied with the result. At which point I regretted not using green Loctite sleeve retainer. So I added some more stakes.

Later a friend asked if I had tested the new squirters. No, why? Because he had found some which did not work, perhaps because staking distorted them. Oh, well I'll find out at first teardown. Hope it won't be for a burned piston.

This got me to thinking that, at least for a race motor you expect to rebuild every couple of years, there must be a better mousetrap to hold these things in.

What about overboring the outer little bit of the hole, and taping it. Then using a threaded collar (open in its middle) to hold them in? With a screwdriver slot, so it could be removed as needed?

The collar could maybe even stick up some over the web? In which case it could have a hex head?