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> Oil Galley Plugs, Just replace the five big ones?
saigon71
post Jan 18 2016, 01:49 PM
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In preparation for an engine rebuild, I wanted to get myself up to speed on drilling/tapping the oil galley plugs.

Search revealed conflicting information about whether all should be removed and tapped or just the five big ones.

What's the current school of thought on this?

Also, what size plugs and drill/tap will I need.

Thanks!

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post Jan 18 2016, 05:52 PM
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Bob, I did mine as a precaution before installing the new engine. Just the five as shown in your link. Not a difficult job, but you need to be careful, I recall lots of grease on the drill bit and also a tape plug that I made up when tapping the holes.

I rented the tap from Chris Foley, and got the plugs from McMasterCarr. I don't recall the drill bit size, but I have it out in the garage. I'll hobble out tomorrow and check it out.

Overall, it just gave me peace of mind. One of the plugs began to spin when I drilled the initial hole to pull it out, the others were probably fine. Glad I'd done it tho.
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saigon71   Oil Galley Plugs   Jan 18 2016, 01:49 PM
Porschef   Bob, I did mine as a precaution before installing ...   Jan 18 2016, 05:52 PM
Mark Henry   3/8" NPT pipe tap, 9/16 drill bit use steel p...   Jan 19 2016, 08:15 AM
r_towle   3/8" NPT pipe tap, 9/16 drill bit use steel ...   Jan 19 2016, 08:29 AM
Mark Henry   Where did you order the allen head plugs? Prett...   Jan 19 2016, 09:02 AM
Dave_Darling   IIRC, there is one plug that will block an importa...   Jan 19 2016, 10:33 AM
Mark Henry   IIRC, there is one plug that will block an import...   Jan 19 2016, 11:33 AM
McMark   McMaster has them.   Jan 19 2016, 10:36 AM
rhcb914   I bought a box of 100 steel hex hed plugs from Gra...   Jan 19 2016, 08:06 PM
Jake Raby   I'm building a 2270 for a World member now.. L...   Jan 19 2016, 09:57 PM
saigon71   Thanks for the responses and recommendations. :b...   Feb 2 2016, 08:29 PM
rdauenhauer   are those steel or Alum. plugs?   Feb 2 2016, 10:10 PM
saigon71   are those steel or Alum. plugs? Steel.   Feb 3 2016, 08:10 AM
Olympic 1.7   When I did mine I got an extra tap and ground the ...   Feb 3 2016, 08:30 AM
McMark   :agree: A second tap is handy. Also, when drillin...   Feb 3 2016, 08:35 AM
Mark Henry   :agree: A second tap is handy. Also, when drilli...   Feb 3 2016, 10:20 AM
McMark   Oh yeah. That for sure! :agree:   Feb 3 2016, 12:58 PM
nathansnathan   When I did this the 1st time, I had got some 3/8...   Feb 3 2016, 05:14 PM
Mark Henry   When I did this the 1st time, I had got some 3/8...   Feb 3 2016, 08:38 PM
nathansnathan   When I did this the 1st time, I had got some 3/8...   Feb 4 2016, 12:03 AM
Mark Henry   [quote name='Mark Henry' post='2298151' date='Feb...   Feb 4 2016, 07:38 AM
McMark   Wd-40 is better than goo-gone for removing stick r...   Feb 3 2016, 09:50 PM
nine9three   I've always used JB Weld to seal mine. Never...   Feb 4 2016, 12:11 AM
Puebloswatcop   WD40 does a fair job, but if you want really clean...   Feb 4 2016, 08:31 AM
McMark   I love how these threads go awry. :lol: Is cuttin...   Feb 4 2016, 09:04 AM
914_teener   I love how these threads go awry. :lol: Is cutti...   Feb 4 2016, 09:35 AM
pilothyer   You can spend the money on special for aluminum ...   Feb 4 2016, 09:20 AM
Mark Henry   You can spend the money on special for aluminum ...   Feb 4 2016, 10:59 AM
McMark   Had to. This got way too dramatic over WD-40. :r...   Feb 4 2016, 09:40 AM
Mark Henry   Had to. This got way too dramatic over WD-40. :...   Feb 4 2016, 10:20 AM
Mark Henry   Now I have it pretty well flush, BTW I'll be d...   Feb 4 2016, 10:23 AM
Mark Henry   This came out good :) This show the one plug you ...   Feb 4 2016, 10:31 AM
Mark Henry   The last pic shows 3 different steel plugs. The on...   Feb 4 2016, 10:43 AM
saigon71   Thanks for all the technical support on this...esp...   Mar 13 2016, 05:13 PM
Mark Henry   :thumbsup: Good job!   Mar 13 2016, 08:42 PM


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