Bobby Crevelli

Thank you all for your suggestions! Any more suggestions are still thoroughly welcomed. To respond to multiple people at once, yes Frank, the Hex part of the bolt has broken off, only leaving the threaded portion in. And yes, there is a hole in the bolt now, from where the oil has been fully drained out. The welding method has caught my eye, I'm just not fully certain about my teachers readiness to weld at this current moment, so I think that we will go with drilling it out like both and Terry suggested. We'll probably start this Monday though, so I will keep you all updated. And also for Terry, here are some pictures of the project. We're currently in the process of striping the paint and preparing it for next year to paint it, so that is why it looks the way it is.

We are a highschool auto shop class that is working on a 1946 Cushman Scooter. We previously asked a question regarding the magento on the scooter, which your responses have been very helpful. Unfortunately, as seems a common theme on the scooter, we ran into another simple task that isn't quite so simple. The oil drain plug on the scooter has been broken off some how, yet the threaded portion of it still remains. The drain plug has been in there for at least the last 40 years, and even though we have tried to take it out with easy outs, it is not working. Any suggestions from people that have dealt with a similar problem will be thoroughly appreciated.

We are a highschool autoshop class based in SoCal and are currently working on a 1946 Cushman scooter, with a 4 volt Wico no lights magneto. Our current problem, and the problem that we have been having for the past several months is that we cannot get a spark on the spark plug. We have bought the spark plug tester recommended in the "how to rebuild the Cushman Cast Iron Engine" by Jim Fredrick. As well as we have tried numerous things with the magneto as suggested by cushman repairing experts. Such as we have removed the gold film from the condensor in order to ground it, we have fully cleaned the magneto plate, we have removed all oil from the ignition points, and tested to make sure that it is grounded. We have put the shims in the ignition points arm. As well as everything on the magneto plate is less than a year old, except for the ignition coil which is just over a year old. Yet, we are still not getting any spark on the spark plug tester. If any help or suggestions can be provided, it would be much appreciated.