50Traveler Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Does anyone out there have suggestions for the best way to rethread and get a strong seal on the fluid drive drain plug. At some time the plug was strong-armed into place and all would have been fine had I not decided to drain and refill. It is in a difficult place to work and beyond the plug there is very little clearance. I would like to retap it but worry about metal debris getting lost beyond the plug. Is there a tapered, hardened drain plug that could make its own path and do the job?Any advice is appreciated. I am going to think long and hard on this before I take any action so I don't make it worse.Thank you everyone for your thoughts and info.Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brian Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 AS I see it you have two options. Oversize, self-tapping plugs such as you mention used to be available in virtually every service station. You should still be able to locate one. Option 2 is to put a heli-coil in and re-use the original plug. No matter what you do, fill the flutes of the tap (even a self-tapping plug) with a really sticky, heavy grease and tap in stages. Remove the tap about every revolution and clean the chips and grease out of the tap. Re-grease and repeat until the job is done. I have used the system many, many times and never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50Traveler Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 I will try the self tapping plug and grease it up good. I want to do this from the bottom to have gravity on my side and then I will flush it out as well. I am hoping to find out the secret of removing the bottom housing so I can move ahead on this.Thank you for the help,Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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