The stock oil gallery plugs are pressed in, not threaded. If yours have
threaded holes, someone has tapped them. Thread size is anybody's guess. Buy
a selection of pipe plugs that look about the right size and try them out.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> WAYNOMOR@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 2:56 PM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: more help
>
>
> I have engine # R119602.
> I replaced engine # R56781 with #R119602.
>
> I have had several problems but now only a couple.
> Oil Gallery Plugs--
> The plug for oil gallery at front of engine was missing from
> #R119602. The
> plug from #R56781 does not fit into oil gallery of #119602. The
> plug is too
> large for hole in #119602. Since both engines are past engine
> #R40000, I assume
> they are both metric.(?)
>
> Does anyone have a solution or know what size the plugs are/were
> or where I
> can get one? I am guessing the one from the #56781 is an odd one?
>
> What are the sizes of the oil gallery hole where plugs go? Thread
> pattern??
> The oil pressure sending unit fitting is also too large for the
> #119602 but I
> think it is not a standard fitting.
>
> Water temp sensor--
> The #119602 has one but I want to plug in the oone one the car.
> How do you
> remove the sensor? (I unscrewed the nut and it came off but the
> sensor is still
> in the head and does not want to come out.)
>
> Is there anything else that anyone knows that might help...
> I cannot attempt to start engine until I get this fixed.... Help!!!
>
> Wayne Moore
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