Subject: RE: tranny/rear end filler plug question
Author: Ray Hale
Date: Mar 8, 2004, 12:41 PM
Post ID: 1716245385
Hi,
dipstick still intact. The hole is exactly the same diameter as the
tranny detent, smaller plug. Maybe I'll try it on the rear end and watch
to see if it weeps. If so, I'll plug the damn thing up. More weirdness.
Ray
Patrick Hayes wrote:
Well, if these are the larger fill plugs, there isn't a reason that any of them should have a hole through. There were a few rare instances where loopframes lost their dipstick. The fill plugs are usually chrome over brass. At the factory, the engine fill plug was drilled through about an eighth of an inch diameter. The steel rod of the dipstick was insterted and soldered into this hole. The top end was plugged with solder and the whole thing chromed. Periodically, one of these would rattle loose and the stick end would fall into the sump. It didn't alwas expose the outer hole. If so, it would puke oil real fast. Do you still have your left side engine fill plug with its dipstick rod? Could this be the remainder of one of those? Otherwise, some previous owner did a drill job for some reason. No other loopframe part has the configuration you describe. Patrick Hayes Fremont CA MGNOC L-403 AMA EV, SPII, Centauro, Monza, SuperAlce |