Scott In the interest of expanding our knowledge, can you give us an detailed on just what occurred and how the thread became stripped. I ask this question NOT with the idea of embarassing you. I understand that Murphy's Law can and does happen. But by telling your story, some other of us might just be able to avoid the dreaded stripped drain plug . I always tighten the plug by hand at least four to six turns of the plug before I let a spanner ( wrench ) look at the plug. Once again I am not trying to embarass, just advise everyone of the pitfalls. Ray Hunnam Penrith Australia.
-----Original Message----- From: Scott De Santi <Scooter061@AOL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 7:54 Subject: Oh Well... Stripped Oil Drain Plug...
>Hi Again Volks, > > Yes... I know I asked for info on oil viscosity additives... and yes, all >this talk of oil and winter prompted me to go change the oil in the Wobble >Bus... (sigh). Well, now I have the oft talked about stripped drain plug >syndrome. I did the obligatory search on Gerry with some good ideas >resulting. Now I'm researching my local FLAPS for the proper stuff to fix >this. Just thought I'd ask the list for any additional wisdom. > > >Wish Me Luck, > >Scott De Santi >86 Vanagon 2WD (Wobbly Bus) >Anchorage, Alaska > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.