When changing the oil on my 86 =
Westy, I thought
the drain plug seemed odd. It turns out that one of the PO's =
has
broken off the ceramic and ground the electrodes off a bosch spark =
plug and
used it as a drain plug. This is a new one to me. It has =
been
serving its purpose but I decided to replace it with a regular drain =
plug,
14MM x 1.25 threads. Turns out the first 3/8 of the threads =
are
stripped and the shorter threaded plug will not bite. Do I =
leave the
'bonus' plug in? DO those rubber drain plugs meant for =
stripped
threads really hold? I don't want to drain the oil all over =
I-81 on my
fall trip to the finger lakes. Any advise would be
appreciated,
Chris =