All,

I fixed it with a new drain bolt 14m 1.25 and this is a little longer with an old 66 copper crush washer.
3.95 fix lucky cos i'm broke ;)

thanks again eveyone.
Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sent: Sep 20, 2004 8:37 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: oil drain plug not snug. feels loose

A helicoil would "Restore" it.  A self tapping plug changes it and you're
still not sure it would do the trick.  At worst, you could mess up the hole
where even an M14X1.5 helicoil would no longer work.

Years ago I bought a '58 cargo van (splittie) with cargo doors on both the
driver's side and the passenger's side from a guy named Timothy Mudge.  He
would've used the self tapping plug.  In fact, just about everywhere I
looked on that old bus, things were different than standard ... a result of
Mudge's imagineering.  To this day, when I find a botched and jerry rigged
repair, I call it a Mudge.

Mike

> thanks for all the great info from the list, right now I thinking pros and
cons about
> heli vs self tapping plug, would heli be better or not as good as self
tap.
>
> why would i need to stick my sender else where? BTW I have a 1.9l
>
> thanks and what a start to my week.. hehe ;)
>
> Joe
>