Bob,
I usually start with this page:

http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html

You can either click 'search the archives' on the left, which gives you a
search engine, or you can click a given week on the right and use the brute
force approach. If you click on the link for this week you will see a list
of the post subject lines- look for 'heli-coil' or 'engine drain' or the
like, you should find what you're looking for, such as:

"I  thought it was long established that a "Time-Sert" brand thread insert
was  the best way to repair a stripped drain hole.  It sounds like  the
perfect fix in this situation to  me.
http://www.timesert.com/

Exactly !  The Sav-A-Thread device is similar  to a Timesert.  I just gave
the wrong thread pitch kit, too early in  the morning and I grabbd the wrong
kit
to get the info from.  Needs to be  14mm x 1.5 as others have pointed out.

Cheers,
Frank  Condelli"

Good luck,

Robert

----- Original Message -----

From: "Bob Mac" <BOBMACDOWELL@WEBTV.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 12:02 PM
Subject: How to search the archives

>  I have yet to figure out how to go back a few pages on this site. I'm
> trying to search for the page that had the name and web address of the
> insert for the oil drain hole. Not the helicoil but the other one. Can
> anybody help me out here.