VANAGON archives -- January 2006, week 4 (#511)

Date:         Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:34:44 -0500
Reply-To:     jbeaulie@ND.EDU
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From:         Jake Beaulieu <jbeaulie@ND.EDU>
Subject:      Re: stripped oil drain plug
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Hey cr,

I am in the process of having a heli coil installed in my cylinder head to take
care of stripped spark plug threads.  I have searched the archives for info
about heli coils and came across a ton of messages about stripped oil drain
plugs.  I didn't read many of these so I can't tell you what they said, but
check out the archives.  Lots of info on this subject in there.

good luck,
Jake
82 air cooled westy

> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Chris Renz wrote:
>
> > well, I finally did it. I wrenched it too tight recently I guess and have
> > seemingly stripped into a perfect circle.
> >
> > any tips on getting this sucker out so I can replace it without damaging
> the
> > case?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > cr
> >
> >
> >
>

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