On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:36:35 GMT, "Ron Seiden"
<subronseiden@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>If you're really lucky your local parts guy will have a solid brass
>replacement for the plastic part...
Haven't found one yet, but I do have a lathe - - - - - - - - .
>
>"Scott Buchanan" <t120rv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:13s9vht5pp9u58c@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>I had one let go while waiting at a red light on a '93 Grand Prix. This
was
>> a good place for it to happen because I saw the steam and was able to
get
>> off the road before any damage was done. The plastic "PLUG" simply
broke.
>> I
>> was able to pick up the pieces off the road. Fortunately I was on a bus
>> route and NAPA had the part. With my trusty Leatherman, I was able to
get
>> the reaming part out of the drain hole. I was back on the road in an
hour.
>> Seems to me I had to replace the part many years ago.
>>
>>
>> <clare at snyder.on.ca> wrote in message
>> news:a1q3s31jh8pgeclrnk7ujfo9gmhculrte8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Anyone ever have the rad drain plug spontaneously let go?
>>> 1994 TransS****t 3.8
>>> Has had nothing done to the rad/drain plug/coolant for over a year,
>>> and it dumped all the antifreeze about 75 miles from home yesterday.
>>> The plug appears to be missing. I filled the hole with expanding
>>> uerethanr foam (spray) to keep the new antifreeze in long enough to
>>> get home. In to the shop tomorrow to find out if it fell out or broke
>>> off.
>>> With no parts suppliers near by, it's good that I'm well aquainted
>>> with "non-traditional repair methods", AKA the "ZamFix" from my years
>>> in Africa!!.
>>>
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>>
>>
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