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Re: oil drain plug won't seat

To: "Douglas Frank" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: oil drain plug won't seat
From: "Tom Parker" <parkert@ihug.co.nz>
Date: 07 Oct 99 18:33:11 +1200
Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com> wrote:

>I just drained the oil from my GT6's gearbox, and now the drain plug
>won't go in all the way.  The male & female threads appear clean and
>undamaged, and for all I know it wasn't fully seated when I first
>went to remove it-- I didn't notice.

If it is anything like the Triamph 2500 TC gearbox on my mate's car, then it
is a tapered thread. It seals because the plug tapers and jams in the hole.

It looks like 1/4 BSP to my untrained eye.

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Tom Parker - parkert@ihug.co.nz
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