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Posted by williamf on February 08, 2006 at 18:45:33 from (69.19.14.23):
I asked earlier about the oil pan plug for the H. A P.O. had replaced the original plug with a standard pipe plug. It worked ok, but being a pipe plug it relied on the threads not to leak instead of the lip pressing a (brass?) ring (parts book calls it a gasket) around the outside of the hole. So it had to be tighter. Being soft iron the square head would round off in the crescent wrench, next time use visegrips. By the second time I changed the oil, last spring, there wasn't much left to grab. Told myself, "Next year get a new plug." That was one year too many. I picked up a new plug today, figured to change the oil in my spare time this afternoon. Not enough to grab. All round, and a nub. Tap strongly with a punch. Nada. Put a cutting blade on the trusty side grinder and cut two new faces. Good enough to use a wrench. Snapped right off. Tried to dress it up a little more and it's Jed Clampitt time. There's really not much metal under the head on those things. But at least I got the oil out. Forgot the name of the "nearby" dealer; Case/IH site dealer locator gets "Bad response from server " error. Called C&G, ordered a real plug and a pan gasket. I figure it's likely I'll have to take the pan off to clean the old plug out without damaging the threads. By the look of all the sealant (silicone? Permatex?) around the (slightly bent-up)pan the guy who rebuilt the engine before I got it had a heck of a time getting rid of the leaks. I dread messing with it but the thought of drilling/Dremeling and chipping around in the bottom of the crankcase is worse. I saved a trip to town to get a new plug last year though, right? Wm
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