Re: Oil Pan drain plug

Posted by PackardV8 On 2007/1/10 9:04:12

Instead of replacing the tapping plate just drill (using succesively larger drill bits) to the next metric or fractional plug size. That way u do not have to remove the pan Grease the end of the drill bit each time to capture the chips. It's EZ to Magnetize the drill bit too if u want to. I've used this process many many times on various similar situations.

Do u absolutely - positively HAVE to have an original Packard drain plug at that point for some reason??? If so, i'd like to know why.