jonbeedle
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| posted on 10/11/05 at 08:24 PM |
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Knackered sump plug thread
Any suggestions? I can get hold of another sump but I'd like to repair my one if possible.
Cheers
Jon
"Everyone is entitled to an opinion however stupid!"
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JoelP
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| posted on 10/11/05 at 08:26 PM |
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how knackered? try firstly going through it with a thread tap thingy. If that fails, you could redrill and retap bigger, or weld it up and start
again. 
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 10/11/05 at 08:41 PM |
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Do you know the thread size Jon? I've got some metric helicoil kits if thats any help.
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rash
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| posted on 10/11/05 at 08:43 PM |
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sump
you could braze or weld a 1/2 bsp socket on the sump over the old threaded hole and then use a 1/2 bsp plug with some ptfe tape on to make the seal
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britishtrident
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| posted on 10/11/05 at 08:44 PM |
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Depends on the size but an old trick get hold of a sump plug from a ( real not synthetic) Mini , it has a long tapered BSP thread and will usually
work in most british or american sumps.
[Edited on 10/11/05 by britishtrident]
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emsfactory
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| posted on 10/11/05 at 09:22 PM |
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I found helicoils to work well. have saved me a few quid over the years. Just depends how much you can get a sump for?
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tks
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| posted on 10/11/05 at 09:22 PM |
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just weld up an nut to the sump with TIG
and use an ordinary bolt to do the trick!
with an pvc/kopper/alu washer...
if needed you can also weld the nut on the innerside of the sump and then you make the seal some bit lower with the bolt head against the pan..
the disadvantage could be that you never can drain the complete oil, but then you could also drill a 3mm hole in the wall of the nut..
Tks
In my alu pan of my BEC i tapered the tread to M12! sow now is there an big bolt head out of the car but it doesn't matter me..
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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jonbeedle
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| posted on 11/11/05 at 12:50 AM |
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Thank you chaps, some useful tips there, but I've already fixed it now thanks. I drilled and tapped the sump plug to M8 and brazed it in,
Sorted!
Cheers
Jon
"Everyone is entitled to an opinion however stupid!"
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