>Hello the camp
>
>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.
>
>Anyhow, I can't get it fully seated now-- about two threads still
>show, and I can't see any reason for the interference. Is this just
>the way the threads are? And no, I haven't refilled with oil to check
>for a leak.
My Spitfire's transmission drain plug doesn't quite go all the way
in, either. Same with the engine sump drain plug. A couple of
threads still show, but it's as leakproof as it's going to get.
Dan
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Dan Buettner - Des Moines, Iowa - mailto:nickndan@earthlink.net
1977 Spitfire, FM64159U. Runs & drives but blows smoke. Lots of it.
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickndan/gmachine/greenmachine.html
1957 TR3, TS15098L. Undergoing a frame-off restoration, begun 9/99.
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickndan/TR3/TR3.html
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