I have 200 plus unread messages so if this is a repeat you know why
I got all the oil gally plugs i needed from victoia this spring the front
and rear as well as the ones exposed on the side rob
----- Original Message -----
From: <WEmery7451@aol.com>
To: <brad.kahler@141.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: Block oil gallery plugs
> In a message dated 8/21/05 6:44:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> brad.kahler@141.com writes:
>
> << Has anyone had any experience removing these plugs, tapping the bores
> and
> using brass
> plugs as replacements? If so, any tips or tricks you'd care to share? >>
>
> You can get the block boiled out, and the plugs will then be gone. You
> can
> buy replacement plugs from the Roadster Factory. The first plugs that I
> used
> were several strung together. You thread in the first plug and then hack
> saw
> off the rest of the plugs. The last plugs that I used were individual
> plugs
> that had the proper end, which allowed you to screw it in with a wrench.
>
> I have also drilled plugs out of a block. If an easy out does not work,
> just
> keep drilling out the aluminum until you can pry or pull the rest of the
> aluminum out of the threads.
>
> I have no experience with brass plugs. Cast iron is very easy to drill
> and
> tap, as long as you get all of the little iron fragments out of the oil
> galley
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