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Date:         Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:08:31 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Oil plug
Comments: To: Frank Romano <fromano99@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <yikt1l02H08X5Fr01ikwsb>
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---- Frank Romano <fromano99@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > My 1.9 plug is completely deformed. Instead of using vise grips our other > methods, I siphon the ol out of the dipstick. a bit of a pain but it keeps > me out of the striped oil plug game. I have wondered if there is a down > side to siphoning instead of draining the oil in the long run

I doubt that you siphon as much out as you would drain out, but how much difference it makes, I don't know. mcneely

> On Jul 10, 2013 1:39 PM, "OlRivrRat" <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Alister > > > > Correction ~ H2OBoxers ( that came with a Van' ) were 83.5 - 91 so > > that would be @Most 30YrsOld & @Least 22YrsOld ~ {:~) > > > > Definitely like your solution to the OilPlugStrip issue ~ > > > > > > ORR ~ DeanB > > > > On 10 Jul , 2013, at 8:07 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: > > > > But Dave, you wrote "that's what that washer is for, to take that > >> force to keep it from damaging the threads." > >> > >> :) > >> > >> One does not always get a copper crush washer with either a gasket > >> set or if you ask at parts counter. Quite often it is a flat copper > >> washer which does not have any crush at all. > >> > >> The drain plug is an iffy design in my opinion. It is too easy to > >> strip the threads in the case. Steel plug into an aluminum hole is > >> asking for trouble sooner or later. Especially since now most of our > >> WBX engines are at least 32 years old, and if the oil has been > >> changed regularly, the plug has been in and out more than 64 times. > >> > >> I stripped my plug last month, just after I got my engine back into > >> the van (head job). I had been very careful with that plug. As a > >> stop gap, till I get a timesert or similar insert installed, I made > >> a new plug with longer shaft to engage the few un-damaged threads > >> left in case. The stock plug does not seem to use up all the > >> available threads. > >> > >> I took a 14 mm (thread size) bolt, that was longer than the drain > >> plug, drilled and tapped for a 10 mm bolt. The 10 mm bolt (13 mm > >> head size) screws into the larger bolt. I turned down the head of > >> the larger bolt so that it would fit in the recess in the case). > >> Made a Delrin washer instead of using a copper washer, and ended up > >> with a new plug that was longer and caught some of the remaining un > >> stripped threads in the case. > >> > >> http://shufti.files.wordpress.**com/2013/06/img_2311.jpg<http://shufti.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/img_2311.jpg> > >> > >> It is working fine, no drips. > >> > >> alistair > >> > >

-- David McNeely


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