Hi James
Here is some information I posted on the TR6 mailing list a couple of years
ago while I was rebuilding the engine in my six:
Plug above oil filter (TRF part PU1404) is a 3/4 by 16 thread (UNF), which
I am replacing with a hex-socket set screw (SPAE-NAUR part 478-007)
Plug at front end of oil gallery (TRF part 118632) is a 1/2 by 20 thread
(UNF), which I am replacing with a hex-socket set screw (SPAE-NAUR part
478-001 or 478-002)
I plan to seal the set screws using Teflon tape. James: this did not work,
I ended up using a product called Gasket Red 474 made by Kleen-Flo (a
silicone gasket maker) ... this worked fine
Anyone who hot tanks their block should take care to examine these two
plugs, which in my case were "eaten" when the block was hot tanked. Removal
of the plug from an old block was impossible without drilling and
collapsing the plug with a punch.
Cheers, Mike Graham
73 TR6
At 01:07 PM 13/03/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Question for you all:
>
>The aluminium oil gallery plug on the engine block of my 1976 TR6 leaks oil,
>(plug is rounded of and located between fuel pump and oil filter. I would
>dearly like to remove it (ideally without having to pull the engine first).
>Has any of you found an effective strategy for removing one of these plugs?
>
>Thanks much
>
>James Tschaikowsky
>
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