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| | | | Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 62 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 62 | Oil drain plug leaks, threds look and fill good.Oil heats up it drips evon more.Any quick fixes. thanks | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | There should be a crush washer on the plug I believe, made from copper if I remember right. A replacement plug should have on one it or you should be able to go to the hardware store and get a new washer for your current plug. Looks kind of like this.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 | oldchevyguy -
Will you please post the source when you find a crush washer that Tiny described. I need one, too.
- Lonnie My '54 3104Photos that I have shared on Stovebolt via PhotoBucket are no longer available. Please contact me if you want a photo from an old post. lonniecook [at] aol [dot] com. I sold my '54 3104 12/12/2017, but I still visit Stovebolt. OLD STUFF ... houses, furniture, cars, wine ... I love it all | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 | For what its worth, you can pick up a new plug and washer on just about any of the usual virtual stores as well as any brick and mortar auto parts place for a couple bucks.
I would just replace the entire thing if it's old and leaking. ...could also be your pan threads. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 | BLUEMANIE - That's too simple. Sometimes the obvious just has to slap me in the face!! Which of these NAPA oil drain plugs is closest to the original plug in a '54 235? I know they all probably work and no one will ever see it but me; just trying to satisfy my "picky gene." < CLICK > NAPA oil drain plugsThanks,
- Lonnie My '54 3104Photos that I have shared on Stovebolt via PhotoBucket are no longer available. Please contact me if you want a photo from an old post. lonniecook [at] aol [dot] com. I sold my '54 3104 12/12/2017, but I still visit Stovebolt. OLD STUFF ... houses, furniture, cars, wine ... I love it all | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Wait 'til the next oil change and take yours with you when you go to buy oil and a filter.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 | I'll do so when I change the oil next month. The plug fits the pan, but I don't know if it was the original one. No oil filter ... I just change the oil more often.
- Lonnie My '54 3104Photos that I have shared on Stovebolt via PhotoBucket are no longer available. Please contact me if you want a photo from an old post. lonniecook [at] aol [dot] com. I sold my '54 3104 12/12/2017, but I still visit Stovebolt. OLD STUFF ... houses, furniture, cars, wine ... I love it all | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 | Lonnie - Been there, done that! Hahaha
If you want exact, one of the online stores lists one with a picture as an "exact replacement for the original" ... Carter or Classic maybe, can't remember offhand.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 | Well, I didn't see an "exact replacement" at the usual on-line suspects. But I did learn what single-, double-, and triple-oversize mean. < CLICK > Drain plug definitionsAs usual, I'm overthinking a simple task. I'll try a gasket first, then a new plug if needed at the next oil change. oldchevyguy: Sorry for hijacking your thread.
- Lonnie My '54 3104Photos that I have shared on Stovebolt via PhotoBucket are no longer available. Please contact me if you want a photo from an old post. lonniecook [at] aol [dot] com. I sold my '54 3104 12/12/2017, but I still visit Stovebolt. OLD STUFF ... houses, furniture, cars, wine ... I love it all | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I have seen plug washers that are made to flex and have rubber inside. They would seal without much effort I would think. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,773 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,773 | Good in theory, but they just don't work. A hard nylon or copper drain plug gasket, combined with a smooth, flat surface to seal against is the best of all possible situations. I like to draw-file the pan area around the plug to make sure there's not a pulled thread or other irregularity that prevents the washer from getting a good seal.
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