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68Sportsman 
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 Topic: Stripped Drain PlugPosted: April-30-2007 at 9:45pm |
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Whats the best way to repair a drain plug on the engine block that is stripped?
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Jim_In_Houston
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Posted: April-30-2007 at 11:35pm |
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And I thought I had a problem.
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Posted: May-01-2007 at 5:17am |
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68, Sometimes you can retap the threads deeper. Since pipe is a tapered thread the plug will just go in farther. If not then you will need to drill it out and tap to the next larger size. Say from a 1/4 to a 3/8 pipe.
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