[Healeys] New OD plug

[John Spaur]

Lubrication is commonly applied to O-rings to prevent grabbing and ease installation. It might be possible to use a fat O-ring on the plug without machining a grove, but I am very uncertain about that. This is a picture from sprinkler manifold. 



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From: Bob Haskell [mailto:rchaskell at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 3:13 AM
To: JSARCH <jmsdarch at sbcglobal.net>; fsufan1952 at yahoo.com; 'healey list' <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] New OD plug

 

The gasket might prevent the o-ring from grabbing as the plug is tightened.

 

Don, can you tell if the new one is the same material as the original? Are the flanges the same thickness?  I wonder if machining a groove in an original one would weaken it too much. Would think so.

 

Bob Haskell

Austin-Healey 3000 roadster registrar

 

On 10/8/24 02:19, JSARCH via Healeys wrote:

> I would thing the gasket would not be needed because of the O ring.

> 

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> After removing the brass OD  drain plug on the 67 BJ8 , very badly 

> leaking and ordering a replacement one from AHSpares. New design from 

> AHSPARES looks like it may work . Rather than flat surface to flat 

> surface with a washer and gasket compound the new design has a groove 

> with a supplied rubber o ring then the gasket .

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