(25 minutes)
The actual install time of this plug is just seconds. However, the previous drain plug was broken off flush, so time was take to remove the old thread. I used a threaded bolt extractor (square fluted would have been better) but that didn’t work. I wound up drilling the previous part out in the middle with a 1/2” bit with a short cordless drill due to space limitations while still installed and used a utility blade to grab the remaining plastic and rotate it out of the threads. To install the new plug, I coated the threads with white lithium grease to make it easier to remove in the future and fitted it with a new washer from Messick's as well. To tighten the plug beyond finger right I used a crescent wrench and torqued until flush. Part fit perfectly into factory radiator.
7/28/2023 LLANO, TX Daarlandt
(5 minutes)
Lubricate threads with white lithium grease to ease future removal of drain plug.
The actual install time of this plug is just seconds. However, the previous drain plug was broken off flush, so time was take to remove the old thread. I used a threaded bolt extractor (square fluted would have been better) but that didn’t work. I wound up drilling the previous part out in the middle with a 1/2” bit with a short cordless drill due to space limitations while still installed and used a utility blade to grab the remaining plastic and rotate it out of the threads. To install the new plug, I coated the threads with white lithium grease to make it easier to remove in the future and fitted it with a new washer from Messick's as well. To tighten the plug beyond finger right I used a crescent wrench and torqued until flush. Part fit perfectly into factory radiator.
LLANO, TX
Daarlandt