[Healeys] Engine block plugs

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Fri Sep 5 17:55:24 MDT 2025


When I had my BJ8 engine overhauled the shop who did the work--a 
well-known local outfit--could not find properly-sized freeze/casting 
plugs, so he bought oversized metric ones and machined them to fit. He 
didn't mention the gallery plugs but, presumably, a shop could do the 
same for them.

Bob

On 9/5/2025 4:59 AM, Perry Small via Healeys wrote:
> Listers. Any advice on this info request…
> Recently had a BJ8 engine block hot tanked and cleaned.  Unfortunately, Machine shop drilled out all the small brass oil and water gallery plugs.  Do you know of a source for those or info on the dimensions to fabricate them?
>   End copy
>
> Perry
> Sent from my iPhone
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