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Feb 7, 2010 | 04:52 PM

scatgo

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HPOP Rez Plug

Any body know what size it is. Forgot to put mine back in. Lost about 9 quarts of oil. Looks like 1/4 NPT.

Feb 7, 2010 | 06:23 PM

MagKarl

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Ha! I've done the oil geyser trick myself. 1/4" pipe plug sounds right. I found my original plug when I tore the front end apart to do my IC.

Feb 7, 2010 | 06:52 PM

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Since you lost it anyway, you could go buy a real oil pressure gauge and connect it to that hole. If you want anyway. I would probably use that as an excuse to do it.

Feb 7, 2010 | 07:11 PM

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One piece of advice if you go with a pipe plug like I did. Don't over tighten the plug. I used a regular plug with a square male head, not a square female recess like the original. Yesterday I was attempting to remove this plug and twisted the square head right off. Believe me, this is not an enjoyable place to be drilling a plug out to use an extractor. I was lucky and got it out without drilling completely through, and the factory plug is now back in place.

Feb 7, 2010 | 09:15 PM

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Thanks people. Looks like I am going to have to get one from the local plumbing supply to hold me over till I get one from Ford. Was it a steel or brass plug that broke on ya?