Dennis,
Is this plug for the AC engine?
If so where could I get one?
Thanks,
Eckie Prater
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes57@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: oil drain screw striped

>Oil-Tite sells an over size drain plug with the correct thread pitch.  In
>fact, you can get a single and a double oversize.  They have an 18 mm head
>and the gasket does not fit in the Vanagon engines recess. I just get a
>fiber gasket that fits and a thin wall socket goes over the head with no
>problem.
>
>Dennis
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael A. Radtke <m.radtke@ELM.AZ05.BULL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Date: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 4:25 PM
>Subject: Re: oil drain screw striped
>
>
>>Jonathon,
>>
>>What I did was get the correct size and thread pitch fake Helicoil.  This
>>cost about $70 with the drill.  A real Helicoil was about $25 more.
>> However, the size is the same as for a spark plug, but the pitch isn't.
>> So, what I would do next time is use a spark plug fake helicoil kit for
>>about $25 (including drill) and modify an old spark plug into a new drain
>>plug.
>>
>>I found that with the narrow shoulder on the drain plug (or spark plug for
>>that matter) a soft gasket was a good plan.  I first used aluminum, but I
>>found that I sometimes had to go back and re-tighten the drain plug, so I
>>switched to throw away cardboard gaskets.
>>
>>Another solution is a rubber expanding plug for about $5.  These probably
>>don't last forever, but also probably don't fail slowly, so when they
start
>>to leak, you just spend another $5.  I didn't go this route because I saw
>>the plug as the lowest part of the engine and thus likely to scrape on
>>something.  But in reading this list, I've never heard a person complain
>>that they used the rubber plug and had it scrape off.
>>
>>Either solution should be available at FLAPS.
>>
>>Mike   '84 GL   '58 Isetta
>