Mr. Amo is right, I tore apart a rear-end on a Blazer I had and found a
magnet stuck to the back of the "punkin", it had a few shavings on it and I
replaced it after we finished work on it. One on the outside should work
okay if it is strong enough.
By the way, just heard the election results and I won't politicize, but as
half of the crowd said when Lady Godiva rode side-saddle nude thru London
"hurrah for our side". !!!
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Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: Big Magnet in Drain Plug -a sticky subject!
> Bill! put a big ( 4" x 1/4" thick???) donut shaped one ....on the
bottom
> (!) of the pan.... -and,.... leave it there!
>
> -thats right on the OUTSIDE! -oooooh, what a concept.
>
> That way its not INSIDE to come loose and rattle off yer nice 'spensive
rods
> and such..... whats ever'one else think ? I've never done it myself,
> though I've thought of it often. I see no reason why it won't collect and
> trap any magnetic (ferrous) particles forever (well, at least till ya
> tear'er down that is...)
>
> Hope this sows some seeds of thought....
>
> Dirty Doug in New Yawk -Brrrrrr, its windy cold outside.
>
>
>
>
> From: ardunbill@webtv.net
> Reply-To: ardunbill@webtv.net
> To: bigsid@webtv.net, bk185@lafn.org (marco), bjgayle@aol.com,
> LITNMAN@aol.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Big Magnet in Drain Plug
> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:09:59 -0500 (EST)
>
> Hi Folks, working along on my Ardun, and it occurred to me that I might
> do some Good by putting a powerful magnet in the drain plug on the oil
> pan, while I have a chance. Such magnets are available from Reid and
> others. I note that GM has one on my four-speed drain plug, and Ford
> has one on my 9" axle drain plug.
>
> I have observed that when you start up a fresh engine a lot of cast iron
> dust shows up in the oil (which should of course be dumped promptly)
> from, I imagine, mainly the cylinder bores. Normally this has to go
> through and polish up your oil pump, even if you have a full flow
> filter, which I don't. And, a ton of it lies in the pan, regardless of
> changing your oil. So maybe a really strong magnet in the drainplug
> might just grab all this and hold it.
>
> Anybody see anything wrong with this logic, assuming one can really
> secure the magnet to the drain plug, so it doesn't decide to jump up on
> the crank and then get slung through the side of the block at high revs?
> Or jammed in a tight spot. Cheers, Ardun Bill
>
>
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