Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:04:14 -0500
Reply-To: J Roth <rbluewesty@GMAIL.COM>
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From: J Roth <rbluewesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: stripped oil drain thread
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TC:
I looked into the fram SD-2 earlier too. Over a year ago I questioned
the list about the wisdom of this device and the consensus was "warning:
do at your own risk" due to it being torn from underneath by getting
caught on something while driving (of course, a curb never entered that
list). I appreciated the views as a new van owner! There are many good
views that would have escaped my limited vision. Pigeonholing and
*discussing* are the "thinks" we do here! ;-)
I'm not criticizing - we're all here to learn from each others'
successes and experiences - but I would recommend (depending on how much
lower it is below) that you simply make it part of your routine to "keep
an eye on."
As for the criticism you endured from the other list member - shrug it
off. It's your van, not his or hers. Besides, unless you politely took
his name off the header, it's hard to give credibility to someone who
posts to our list as "------" or "anonymous"
In *V*anagon *W*esty love, light, & laughter,
Jay
Springfield MO
'87 Westy
343k miles
TC wrote:
> This is a good point & considered in the same light as the off-road ground
> clearance
> vs the stripped plug
> stuipd links let the community consider how stuipd but its good you pointed
> this out
> for the general community to consider
>
> ps. not sure what size of curbs you got where you live but here witch 6 inch
> curb 1 wheel on the curb other on the pave ment
> I sill go good clearance for that plug
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: -------------
> To: TC
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 8:21 AM
> Subject: Re: stripped oil drain thread
>
>
> What about the hole in the block? This is the hole that is going to
> be left when the bottom of the engine rubs on a curb? You think
> that edge around the drain plug was a mistake? Maybe you
> know better than VW does? right... Don't post stupid thinks like this to
> the list.
>
> TC wrote:
>
> This was the best mod I ever did was to fix this darn problem. I waited
> for months being very, VERY afraid of ruining it - but it went very
> easily and leaks hardly at all (I think I may have gone a bit too far).
> My experience with an oversized plug and one, then 2, washers lasted
> only a few oil changes.
> I'll just add a great mod i did was to to put in a fram SD-2 oil drain
> never have to worry about striping that oil drain again untill the spring
> loaded valve
> fails but I bought 2 sd2 just for that day :)
> 1 small draw back the flange for the sd-2 fit almost too perfect into the
> recess for the oil drain
> so I had to dremel out the recess so that I can get a socket on the sd-2 but
> now
> its proud on the oil drain just the height of the brass dust cover just over
> 1/2"
> so I am not concerned about it catching low ground ...
> SD-2
>
>
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