The shavings will be on the wrong side of the filter to worry about, no? Jim On Monday, October 24, 2016, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I'll stick with the pump rather than introduce metal shavings into > the > case, and you can't tap that hole without doing that no matter how much > grease you pack into the tap. Probably won't go through the pickup screen, > but being an aluminum alloy a magnetic plug won't collect them either. A > Subaru engine is going in at some point anyway. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of > mike riley > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 6:00 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <javascript:;> > Subject: stuck oil plug > > pumping it out is crazy. pep boys has a thread repair kit for ~10 dollars > that has the tap and bit and stainless steel inserts to repair the threads. > OR drill a hole in the plug and tap with 1/4" pipe thread and use a brass > pipe plug that seals without a gasket and can be replaced for 50 cents. > Suction will not get the heavy particles out. Increasing the effort and > expense of the oil change does not increase the value of the operation. > > mike > |
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