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Date:         Tue, 2 Jan 1996 09:05:51 MST
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From:         "Michael A. White" <MIKE.WHITE@law.utah.edu>
Subject:      Re: Drain Plug?  What's a Drain Plug?

> looks to have been made this way.  Almost like somebody didn't get
> around to drilling and tapping a hole for the plug.
> 
> The questions become:
> 
> - does this seem weird to anyone else?
> - why would you want to have such a plate?
> - would there be any harm in replacing it with a normal one (this is
>   probably covered by the answer to the previous question)?


That's how my engine came as well.  No hole in the plate.  I've never 
bothered to get one with a plug in it.  I just undo the 6 studs and 
watch the hot oil run down my arm and splatter all over the place!


- Mike White 


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