I may have stripped some threads on the rscc oil drain plug (female part). Can this be re-threaded? Anyone have a fix for this? I took the crush washer off the plug and it seams to hold Ok......
any ideas on cost/ better yet anyone have one for sale in case I need to replace the darn thing? :crazy:

Matt

What plug??? the drain plug is on the bottom of the case... Are you talking about the oil galley plug below the oil filter housing?

If so,, that is not removed unless your trying to hook up an oil pressure tester for servicing or repair issues.

Not worth tiring to fix,,but not cheap to replace at $145 from ronayers.

I suppose, as long as the cover is junk anyway... I'd be tempted to fix that galley plug in place permanently.. JB weld or the like.

That plug never needed to be removed as a routine.. and if the day comes that your having a need, then consider the cover to be part of the cost of that repair.

bronco78 said:

Hey thanks for the info.......

MattB1969 said:

We are talking about this part yes #92066 ?
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bronco78 said:

It's the plug below the oil filter......that pic looks like the left side...

MattB1969 said:

Both left and right side are shown in that picture.. the part # I gave is the oil galley plug below the oil filter.

So, everything above stands... No need to remove it, if you can get the plug in, and "glued" in place... your done.:thumbsup:

bronco78 said:

Yea, don't know what I was thinkin....anyway, its tight enough , Lesson is don't drink and do an oil change.....lol :ride:

Can easily be rethreaded.. The kits cost rougly 45 bucks each size though and if you dont wanna buy the tool, a machine shop can do er for 15-20 bucks probly

rustyknife said:

Well maybe. for one, the full kit to install a large threaded insert like this one would be more like $65 or so...

The case cover is cast, and there is very little material in that area.

Adding a threaded insert... means drilling the current threaded hole to an over size... that would leave VERY little material at the case are surrounding the galley plug.

1/2 a dozen of one, 6 of the other. That particular plug was not designed to be removed and installed at the user level.... so, for once, the use of JB weld of the like actually makes sense to me...

To each his own... I use a lot of threaded inserts, Timecert and helicoil.. just do not see the reason for it in this case.