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[eddie]

Why can't the sump be tapped to the next std thread size and an appropriate sized bolt be used with a copper washer?

eddie

[Andy B]

.......  Helicoils are used in performance race cars as it provides a reliable and a strong thread....

Perhaps I should strip my engine down after each major use ....... they do on race cars!  

[Andy B]

Why can't the sump be tapped to the next std thread size and an appropriate sized bolt be used with a copper washer?

eddie

You could I supppose, but by the time you've done that you might as well have replaced the sump. As said, the plug is threaded into an ally ring that's pressed into the pan, and there's not that much ally!

[Omegatoy]

just screw an old spark plug into the sump plug hole and refill with oil, very old trick !!

[3.0V6Elite]

New drain plug purchased and luckly it fits like a glove so no damage done to the oil pan threads thank god!  All running smoothly now.

Thanks for all the feedback.

[TheBoy]

.......  Helicoils are used in performance race cars as it provides a reliable and a strong thread....

Perhaps I should strip my engine down after each major use ....... they do on race cars!  

Precisely - the fact they are stripped down time and time again shows the resilience of the helicoil!

[Andy B]

.......  Helicoils are used in performance race cars as it provides a reliable and a strong thread....

Perhaps I should strip my engine down after each major use ....... they do on race cars!  

Precisely - the fact they are stripped down time and time again shows the resilience of the helicoil!

You stick with your networks & I'll stick with Timecerts!      

[TheBoy]

.......  Helicoils are used in performance race cars as it provides a reliable and a strong thread....

Perhaps I should strip my engine down after each major use ....... they do on race cars!  

Precisely - the fact they are stripped down time and time again shows the resilience of the helicoil!

You stick with your networks & I'll stick with Timecerts!      

Never seen a helicoil used in computing stuff.  Those nasty brass inserts sometimes, but never a helicoil  

[TheBoy]

just screw an old spark plug into the sump plug hole and refill with oil, very old trick !!

If you can find an older fat spark plug now....

[dbug]

just screw an old spark plug into the sump plug hole and refill with oil, very old trick !!

If you can find an older fat spark plug now....

Got loads - used in my TR4A

[Andy B]

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Never seen a helicoil used in computing stuff.  Those nasty brass inserts sometimes, but never a helicoil  

My point exactly!        

[TheBoy]

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Never seen a helicoil used in computing stuff.  Those nasty brass inserts sometimes, but never a helicoil  

My point exactly!        

Which is why all the threads are boogered

[Kevin Wood]

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Never seen a helicoil used in computing stuff.  Those nasty brass inserts sometimes, but never a helicoil  

My point exactly!        

Which is why all the threads are boogered

That and the Neanderthals that get sent out posing as "engineers" to do support sometimes.  

Kevin

[TheBoy]

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Never seen a helicoil used in computing stuff.  Those nasty brass inserts sometimes, but never a helicoil  

My point exactly!        

Which is why all the threads are boogered

That and the Neanderthals that get sent out posing as "engineers" to do support sometimes.  

Kevin

And annoyingly, I'm not allowed to touch hardware any more, despite the training. Apparently I'm too valuable to waste my time playing with hardware.

So with comments like that, who do they employ for hardware, and it would certainly answer the puzzle over the mess these servers get in once they have been attacked by the hardware 'engineers'

[Omegatoy]

just screw an old spark plug into the sump plug hole and refill with oil, very old trick !!

If you can find an older fat spark plug now....

nope it was acommon trick to do on the senny and GSi when rebuilding engines etc where after the initial drain you didnt want oil dripping out while you moved it around