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I knew this day would come and decided to leave it for future (present) me to deal with.
Went to change the Oil in the 67 Bronco and got myself a new drain plug for it. Drained the oil, went to put the new drain plug in but it was too small.
The drain plug I pulled out looks like shit (it did when I first put this motor in a year ago), its bigger than stock, looks like it's tapered, and the drain hole itself seems to have some kind of insert in it.
Here's the current drain plug:
Here's the hole in the oil pan:
The stock bolt is 1/2-20, the current bolt looks like it's probably 9/16-18. I tried screwing a 9/16-18 bolt in the oil pan but was only able to get it started, the threads are obviously pretty fucked up though.
Any thoughts on oil pan drain repair kits? They all seem to be in metric sizes only, I can live with that. Cheaper than trying to track down a rear sump 302 pan and less work (hopefully in the long run).
I'm looking at this kit because I can't tell what's currently going on with the hole size and want some options in case M15 isn't big enough: Amazon.com
Went to change the Oil in the 67 Bronco and got myself a new drain plug for it. Drained the oil, went to put the new drain plug in but it was too small.
The drain plug I pulled out looks like shit (it did when I first put this motor in a year ago), its bigger than stock, looks like it's tapered, and the drain hole itself seems to have some kind of insert in it.
Here's the current drain plug:
Here's the hole in the oil pan:
The stock bolt is 1/2-20, the current bolt looks like it's probably 9/16-18. I tried screwing a 9/16-18 bolt in the oil pan but was only able to get it started, the threads are obviously pretty fucked up though.
Any thoughts on oil pan drain repair kits? They all seem to be in metric sizes only, I can live with that. Cheaper than trying to track down a rear sump 302 pan and less work (hopefully in the long run).
I'm looking at this kit because I can't tell what's currently going on with the hole size and want some options in case M15 isn't big enough: Amazon.com
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