Date:         Wed, 2 Jun 1999 02:03:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Coby Smolens <cobys@WELL.COM>
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From:         Coby Smolens <cobys@WELL.COM>
Subject:      Re: stripped oil drain plug
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My favorite fix is the installation of a 14X1.25mm spark plug hole repair
insert (available as a kit from better parts stores. Sav-A-Thread is one
brand, and I think Heli-coil makes one - although you want the solid type,
not the spring one). Follow the instructions in the insert literature, then
simply use a 14x1.25 drain plug with suitable washer, also available from
the sam parts store. I have installed probably a dozen and a half of these,
and have not had a single problem with them. The bonus is that you now have
a steel thread to screw the steel drain plug into - something of an
improvement over the original idea, what?

Coby Smolens, Owner
Valley Wagonworks
VW Bus and Vanagon Repair
1535 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
San Anselmo, CA 94960
415 457-5628
www.wagonworks.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of ncdragonfly
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 10:08 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: stripped oil drain plug
>
>
> I know this subject has been covered in the past so please excuse the
> redundant subject matter. I am unable to succesfully search the archives
> for this subject  and I need to resolve the problem before this weekend if
> possible. I changed the oil in our bus this past weekend and found the oil
> drain plug stripped. Actually the plug is not stripped, the threads of the
> oil pan are.  What is the recommended fix for this problem? Thanks folks.
> David Higginbotham
> 82 Westfalia
> Raleigh, NC
>