I bought a box of 5 steel plugs for my TR3 from McMasters for about $7 last
year. Perfect fit no tapping needed.
BTW, McMasters calls them Set Screws in their on-line catalog.
Bill B
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L
'59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"
-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Randy&Val DeRuiter
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:26 AM
To: nogera@worldnet.att.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Aluminum Oil galley plugs
Bob-
I can't help with the thread pitch, but for my TR3 I could still purchase
the aluminum plugs from TRF (stick of 3 plugs) at a reasonable price
(guessing
~$3-$4 dollars just last month).
Randy> I received my block back from the machine shop. Seems in cleaning
Randy> dip
has> pretty much eaten up the aluminum plugs on the oil galley. Am I
has> correct
that> the threads are pipe thread and a iron or brass plug will work as
that> well
as> the aluminum?> Any thought as to why they used alumina plugs in a
as> cast
iron block ?> > Thanks> > Bob Nogueira
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