Date:         Fri, 6 Nov 1998 08:50:37 -0800
Reply-To:     Todd Francis <tbf@PACIFIER.COM>
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From:         Todd Francis <tbf@PACIFIER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stripped drain plug solution?
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Craig Charles wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I too am part of the stripped drain plug fraternity.  I had a helicoil
> installed.  Probably went in crooked, didn't solve the problem.  Brought

Hi: I had about the same problem with my '86. The original threads
stripped out then they put helicoils in and I guess they got damaged.
Wen I got the vehicle it was seeping oil from the plug. My solution was
to get a plug from a type one oil bypass valve. I got a tap that matched
and rethreaded the case for the new plug. It uses a aluminum sealing
ring that works great. The only thing is that the plug has a screwdriver
slot instead of a six point head. I was always going to solve that by
either welding a nut on the plug or drilling a hole through the plug and
tapping it and screwing a bolt into it. I was thinking if I went all the
way through the plug I could weld the end of the bolt to the plug. Check
it out, it looks like the plug is made for the application.
--
Todd Francis           Ridgefield, Washington USA
'86 Westy Syncro
'91 Tristar