Shooter63
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posted on 19/7/20 at 04:02 PM |
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Classic mini sump plug thread gone
I know this isnt a kit car but you guys seem to know alot, my classic mini has stripped the thread out of the sump plug, what i am left with is 3
complete threads intact deeper than the bolt goes. I need to repair it obviously but am I a situation that I don't need to be able to change the
oil again as the gearbox will be changed next year anyway so I need a stop gap measure. My idea is to buy a longer bolt so I can engage the 3
surviving threads plus a dowty seal under the bolt head. What I need to know is, what is the best sealer to use in this situation?
Shooter
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steve m
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posted on 19/7/20 at 04:11 PM |
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I could be wrong, but from memory when I had a mini, a spark plug fitted the thread ?
but ive had many may cars, and a spark plug certainly fitted one of them !!
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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Shooter63
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posted on 19/7/20 at 04:27 PM |
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I should have said, the thread is 5/8 unc
Shooter
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steve m
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posted on 19/7/20 at 04:51 PM |
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locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=216919
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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gremlin1234
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posted on 19/7/20 at 04:52 PM |
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minispares (and others) do a longer sump plug
http://www.minispares.com/product/Classic/Gearbox/DP3.aspx
[Edited on 19/7/20 by gremlin1234]
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rusty nuts
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posted on 19/7/20 at 05:16 PM |
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Mini spares do a repair plug that self cuts new a thread for about a tenner, far safer than relying on just 3 threads and not that much more than a
longer bung
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britishtrident
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posted on 19/7/20 at 10:03 PM |
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Just buy a thread repair kit off eBay
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Shooter63
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posted on 20/7/20 at 07:28 PM |
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Just bought a helicoil kit, I've got a few minis, no doubt it will be used again
Shooter
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