Idle Screw O-ring

[kkrup62 at hotmail.com (Karl Krupke)]

OK; does anybody have a dealer o-ring (new, unused & unmounted as that will 
stretch it some)? If anyone can tell me the OD or ID, and cross-section 
thickness I can try to run down a match in a CAT p/n.

Karl


>From: Nate Mellom <doubt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Matt Gregory <vdub.grego@xxxxxxxxx>
>CC: Scirocco list <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Idle Screw O-ring
>Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 21:38:11 -0500
>
>Unless I missed something, the idle screw (with O ring) and the O ring 
>itself should be available for very cheap at the dealer.  I replaced my 8v 
>idle screw as a unit for something like $4.00 at my local dealership.
>
>Nate
>
>
>Matt Gregory wrote:
>>I bought every size o-ring I could find at Advance, Autozone, Napa, 
>>Pepboys, Lowe's, HomeDepot, and Ace.  Some of the inside diameters were 
>>right, but the outside diameter would be way too big or small.  Hadn't 
>>thought of tractor supply places or heavy equipment.  I just left the 
>>closest size o-ring on and applied teflon tape liberally to the threads 
>>and left it at that.  I was sick of looking.
>>
>>But if you come across one, I'm certainly interested.
>>
>>matt.
>>
>>On 15 May 2007, at 10:14 AM, Camron D. Crouse wrote:
>>
>>>Karl Krupke wrote:
>>>>Hi Cameron,
>>>>    This might sound odd but as an O-ring source you might try a 
>>>>Caterpillar dealer/ service shop if there's one close to you (or try 
>>>>other Heavy Equipment/ Agricultural shops; John Deere, Case, etc.). Cat 
>>>>puts out O-ring kits to their dealers; each box has a wide variety of 
>>>>diameters and cross-section sizes... you can probably just pick through 
>>>>until you find the correct fit and then purchase quantity one of same.
>>>>    Eh... if you do, please post to the list the Cat part number, I'm 
>>>>sure someone will find the informtion helpful.
>>>>good luck, Karl
>>>
>>>Thanks for the tip, there is a number of heavy-equipment dealers across 
>>>the river in Portland, and a few tractor and farm equipment places here 
>>>in Da 'Couve.  But don't suppose we'd find what we need just over at a 
>>>NAPA store?  I haven't looked yet, but they seem to have that sort of 
>>>stockpile of doo-dads.
>>>
>>>- Camron from Vancouver, WA USA
>>>   '86.5 Black 16V 2.0L
>>>
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