Brooklyn Beer Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Sorry but I accidentally deleted the topic. I will repost the pictures of the topic in question concerning the nuts for the cylinders VS valve tubes. Am guessing the larger nuts with same thread provided a larger surface mating area for better torque distribution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFitz Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 It may not be gone from the server. Contact the moderators. They may be able to find and reinstall the entire thread. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn Beer Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 I was trying to delete a quote box in my post. And delete actually meant delete the thread. As well thought out and engineered as a Franklin was I can see them having all these sorts of specialty hardware. If the time ever comes to part out a car I can see everything from the lowest nut to cotter pin needs categorized and saved ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn Beer Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 Looking at the pictures of the green 12B on the club site I can see differences in nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn Beer Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 Are the cylinder nuts actually a little taller as well ? and as I look at this car what is the "thing" to the left of the coil and distributor ? Is that crank case ventilation ? and the cables coming through the fire wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Yes, crank case ventilation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklinguy Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Another point about the cylinder hold down nuts: Both the Series 10 and Series 11 owners' manuals have "tighten cylinder hold down nuts" as part of the monthly service. I think this is part of regular service for later Franklins as well. Until very recently, I owned a 10B that had the original two nuts on each corner of each cylinder. When I bought the car, several nuts were loose enough that oil was leaking out. I made sure all the nuts were tight and I checked all the nuts yearly. After the first tightening, none of the nuts could be tightened more than a few degrees. If you tighten cylinder hold down nuts, check the valve clearances. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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