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| smj |
 Sep 3 2015, 01:21 PM
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"Dude, Steve from Berkeley."  Group: Members Posts: 591 Joined: 28-August 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 4,691 Region Association: Northern California 
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Bringing the 914-4 back from mostly sitting for the past three years (under 1,000 miles in all that time), I forgot the oil drain plug was boogered up by a DAPO or oil change place...
Based on what came out, there were only a few shreds of thread somehow attached to the bottom of the drain plug hole, and a horribly mangled soft crush washer. Most of the "bore" is pretty smooth, with some original thread left at the top. Pic below. My question is how to fix this. I see references to Heli-Coils, but somewhere I got the impression they need some thread left...? Whereas a Time-Sert or similar requires boring and fitting a thread insert. How difficult is it to do this right with something like a Time-sert for a guy that reassembled some CV joints correctly on the *second* try? With the car up on jack stands in the back, so at an angle. And then what the heck do I use for a drain plug? Thanks!  |
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smj Stripped oil drain plug Sep 3 2015, 01:21 PM
Jeff Bowlsby How about using an oversized drain plug from FLAPS... Sep 3 2015, 01:30 PM
RobW
How about using an oversized drain plug from FLAP... Sep 3 2015, 02:15 PM smj Really, self-tapping oil drain plugs? I honestly h... Sep 3 2015, 01:37 PM 914Mels If you can find a larger size drain plug from anot... Sep 3 2015, 02:42 PM yeahmag Time-serts are dead simple to use and a very nice ... Sep 3 2015, 03:29 PM Sleepin I used a time-sert on my 1.8 and never had an issu... Sep 3 2015, 03:44 PM smj I notice that Time-Sert goes up to 24mm. So I reck... Sep 3 2015, 04:48 PM Series9 Clean it thoroughly, take it to a welder, weld it ... Sep 3 2015, 06:15 PM porschetub
Clean it thoroughly, take it to a welder, weld it... Sep 3 2015, 08:31 PM BobMC914 As a cheap-ass, I would say tap it for pipe thread... Sep 3 2015, 06:58 PM Mark Henry I did the pipe plug on my dads vanagon, it worked ... Sep 3 2015, 08:21 PM smj BTW thanks to everybody for your replies, I really... Sep 3 2015, 08:54 PM Mueller I swear I have not been drinking tonight!
Cra... Sep 3 2015, 10:35 PM mbseto I would think any regular bolt would work with a g... Sep 4 2015, 08:00 AM smj It was a bit of a pain finding a big enough tap wr... Sep 7 2015, 10:47 PM  |
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