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Old Aug 9, 2003 | 10:39 PM
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Angry Broken radiator drainplug

I screwed up and broke off my drainplug on my 99 explorer when I was changing the coolant. It is pluging everything up and appears to be stuck. Can you buy another drainplug? I did do the coolant change but what should I do ablout the plug? Please help. Will the plug unscrew all the way out, if I could get it to do that??
 
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Old Aug 22, 2003 | 08:42 PM
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Broken radiator drainplug

I have a 98 Explorer XLS SOHC 4.0 and the drain plug comes out all the way. i attach a icemaker tube to drain outlet open valve, then use a pump to suck it out quicker. Sometimes I just slowly remove the lower radiator hose and drain it into a pan.
 
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