I repaired the oil drains in my two motors with Time-Serts. They were faily straight forward to install myself. FYI, I rented the Time-Sert instalation kit from Aircooled.net if you want to tackle the job youself. I understand that most motorcycle shops also do this kind of thread repair. Pascal '84 Westy ________________________________ From: Vanagon Mailing List on behalf of Joseph Fortino Sent: Mon 14/01/2008 1:51 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: [vanagon] Oil drain Plug
my time-sert has treated me well so far.. Joe -----Original Message----- >From: Miguel Pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM> >Sent: Jan 13, 2008 7:41 PM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: [vanagon] Oil drain Plug > >Clayton, intalling an oversized plug is akin to jamming something where it >does not belong. It's likely that you have compounded your problem. >As far as teflon tape, it may or may not help, but teflon is used when the >threads are designed to provide the seal. In the case of this plug, it is >designed to slightly compress the copper seal between the two surfaces. >That is where your seal will take place. You need to clean both surfaces >very well, re-install just beyond snug. You don't want to strip >anything......though it may be too late and, if so, you will have to >querry this forum with your new issue. >Good luck, >Miguel
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