evening all,
on sunday i have to drill out my drain plug on my diff in order to top it up oil after examination. went to my bolt supplier today and he doesn't
stock them!
and its not worth him ordering one in. (as i only need one)
so i grovel at the mercy of the Locost Forum, can anyone get hold of or know someone that can get hold of an M20 x 1.5 (super fine pitch) bolt approx
25mm in length?
Alex
tried baps for bolts ? one in doncaster
http://www.bapp.co.uk/home
[Edited on 9/3/10 by P ?]
can't you get drain plugs from halfords? i know i;ve seen them somewhere, and thats the only place i've been...
edit: ah! maybe it was here
http://www.gartrac.com/store/images/products/GAR1139_expanded.jpg
its for a atlas axle, but worth a call maybe? check the specs?
[Edited on 9/3/10 by blakep82]
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Originally posted by blakep82
can't you get drain plugs from halfords? i know i;ve seen them somewhere, and thats the only place i've been...
thats conduit thread
electrical wholesalers for a metal blanking plug ?
or a brass male bush and a penny soldered over the hole ?
[Edited on 9/3/10 by dave r]
Not exactly locost but is THIS any good?
Don't mess about - get a replacement backplate and either remove the existing plug or get a new one from these
people.
I got my backplate from the kind lads at MK for a few quid, and the plug was about £4. Gives you chance to check the condition of the crownwheel
teeth too, if you're sad like me. 
And....while you're at it, you could extend the length of the breather, to stop diff oil coating the underside of your floor! 
Might need to disconnect one of the flexy fuel hoses, which I found were in the way of my wrench, but at least done=done.
i bow at your prowess fellow locostbuilders
im sure this will do the job
ebay linky
Bit more than i was hoping to pay though 
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Originally posted by omega0684
i bow at your prowess fellow locostbuilders
im sure this will do the job
ebay linky
Bit more than i was hoping to pay though
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you could extend the length of the breather, to stop diff oil coating the underside of your floor!
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Originally posted by omega0684
quote:
you could extend the length of the breather, to stop diff oil coating the underside of your floor!
do you know where i can get a replacement breather pipe from?
Unless you breather pipe has snapped off in which case you obviously do 
Worth installing a longer pipe, my diff was venting oil mist out of the breather meaning it ran out of oil. then again it was superlightweight stuff,
heavier jollop would probably have been okay.
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Originally posted by BenB
[I used a bit of narrow bore clear syphon tubing from B+Q (about 50p a metre)....
I may have something at work that will do, I will look and send you a text in the morning.
Steve
cheers steve!
halford do sump plugs.
that stainlesss one looks nice but I'd be less than happy with it due to the small allen key to undo it - rather have a big F.O. bolt head to
grab.
Alex,
You could always do what i did.....
Ash
I got this one from ebay it has a magnet built in like the original it was from a seller in Hong Kong
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See ebay item 180291823858 just email them tell them what size thread and they will send you the right one.
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Originally posted by big-vee-twin
I got this one from ebay it has a magnet built in like the original it was from a seller in Hong Kong
See ebay item 180291823858 just email them tell them what size thread and they will send you the right one.
I forgot that I still have the spare one from MK's backplate. It's not perfect, having been removed with a stilson / mole grips, but the
thread's intact and you could weld a nut to the top to insert / extract it for topups.
Assuming std 1st-class post is okay, I'd be happy to post it to you?
Francis.