chrisadubs wrote: > When changing the oil on my 86 Westy, I thought the drain plug seemed > odd. It turns out that one of the PO's has broken off the ceramic and > ground the electrodes off a bosch spark plug and used it as a drain > plug. This is a new one to me. It has been serving its purpose but I > decided to replace it with a regular drain plug, 14MM x 1.25 threads. > Turns out the first 3/8 of the threads are stripped and the shorter > threaded plug will not bite. Do I leave the 'bonus' plug in? DO > those rubber drain plugs meant for stripped threads really hold? I > don't want to drain the oil all over I-81 on my fall trip to the > finger lakes. Any advise would be appreciated, Chris Chris, get it fixed right!!! Have a shop install a helicoil insert for the proper plug. Then always put on a new gasket on the plug every time you have that plug out. That way you will avoid the problems. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
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