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06-01-2008
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 Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Lees Summit, MO
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Oil Drain Plug
Looks like my oil drain plug has finally rounded off to the point that a wrench won't work. I've done some searches and have seen that NAPA sells a replacement, but can't tell if it works for all years.
Are OEM plugs no longer available, and if so, is there a preferred replacement? Thanks, Pat |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: lone pine and mammoth lakes ca.
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Re: Oil Drain Plug
the napa plug will work for all years
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06-01-2008
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Leesburg, VA
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Re: Oil Drain Plug
Also if you want OEM, you might talk to WVZR1. He hooked me up with a plug and the gasket. The NAPA plug should work fine though. But their cardboard gasket, in my opinion, sucks...
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Re: Oil Drain Plug
I got one from my local Chevy dealer about a year ago.
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12-27-2010
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Pendleton, IN
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Re: Oil Drain Plug
Here's an interesting thread/vendor offering an alternative to the NAPA plug: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-z...roduction.html
http://www.magdana.com/15201/index.html Last edited by ScottZ95ZR1; 12-27-2010 at 12:08 PM. |
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12-28-2010
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Edmonton, Alberta or Phoenix, Arizona
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Re: Oil Drain Plug
I bought a bunch of the Magdana ones, very good plug, strong 'Rare earth' magnet. The copper gasket it comes with sucks horribly though, you can just about pull the threads out of the oil pan from tightening it & it will still slow drip. I made my own plug gasket out of Nylon. Wish I would have done it from the start...
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Location: Pendleton, IN
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Re: Oil Drain Plug
Quote:
 I just bought a couple of the plugs but haven't used one yet. I'll find something suitable before spring and trash their copper gaskets. |
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12-28-2010
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Arcadia,OK
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Re: Oil Drain Plug
try a search on www.jerrysgaskets.com for drain plug. I have 3 different styles of drain plug gaskets and all were used at one time or another on the LT5
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