Stripped Oil Drain Plug?
#16
03-14-2012, 11:39 PM
That I can't say. I don't know if a standard worm gear hose clamp could be tightened over the valve to prevent it from being opened accidentally? Is the opening in the valve threaded? If so you could just lightly thread a pipe plug in there finger tight. I like the one with the nipple on it because you could just put a plastic cap over it to keep the road dirt and junk out of it.
I would like to put one on my truck as well, but I'm more afraid I would catch it on something and break it off. Being brass, and sticking out the way it does straight out the bottom of the pan, I am afraid I would just smear it off on something while hauling firewood out of a woods some place and end up with 4 gallons of Rotella all over the place and a stranded truck full of firewood. Maybe I am over-thinking it, I don't know.
I would like to put one on my truck as well, but I'm more afraid I would catch it on something and break it off. Being brass, and sticking out the way it does straight out the bottom of the pan, I am afraid I would just smear it off on something while hauling firewood out of a woods some place and end up with 4 gallons of Rotella all over the place and a stranded truck full of firewood. Maybe I am over-thinking it, I don't know.
Turns out it's on Fumoto's web site. They show pictures and list sizes. For our trucks' F111 valves, it's supposed to be a 5/8" hose clip.
Also, you'd have to completely slam the suspension all the way to its stops and high center the bottom of the truck simultaneously to get this thing to make contact with the ground, I think.
#17
03-15-2012, 06:51 AM
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Yeah, I was thinking that the front axle might be lower than the pan and offer some sort of protection for it as well. I would be more concerned about catching it on a bunch of corn stalks or a bunch of brush or something than I would be about actually high centering the truck on something solid.
Maybe I will order one from Clay the next time I place an order with him for something else. It would certainly be handy. The one with the nipple on it might be nice too as you could attach a short piece of tubing to it to direct the oil flow into your catch pan.
Maybe I will order one from Clay the next time I place an order with him for something else. It would certainly be handy. The one with the nipple on it might be nice too as you could attach a short piece of tubing to it to direct the oil flow into your catch pan.
#18
03-15-2012, 07:49 PM
Yeah, I was thinking that the front axle might be lower than the pan and offer some sort of protection for it as well. I would be more concerned about catching it on a bunch of corn stalks or a bunch of brush or something than I would be about actually high centering the truck on something solid.
Also, this is what it looks like installed on my stock 95 4x4.
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03-16-2012, 06:28 AM
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