Rubber Plug?
#1
Rubber Plug?
Hi Guys,
Thanks to all whom provided good advise for my oil sump project.
One last and very frustrating item remains. Someone must have a trade secret to getting this rubber plug back into the hole!
I've tried lubing it, bending and folding it and pressing from every conceivable direction. It just isn't happening. When I removed the sump, the plug was crammed in the hole taco style. Not a very effective plug!
The hole measures 1-1/2 inches and the plug is 1-3/4. My local Land Rover dealer says it the correct plug. I'm doubtfull.
Please..... someone has to have some experience with this thing.
Thanks,
Michael Wm Gould
Thanks to all whom provided good advise for my oil sump project.
One last and very frustrating item remains. Someone must have a trade secret to getting this rubber plug back into the hole!
I've tried lubing it, bending and folding it and pressing from every conceivable direction. It just isn't happening. When I removed the sump, the plug was crammed in the hole taco style. Not a very effective plug!
The hole measures 1-1/2 inches and the plug is 1-3/4. My local Land Rover dealer says it the correct plug. I'm doubtfull.
Please..... someone has to have some experience with this thing.
Thanks,
Michael Wm Gould
#4
Spike555- Your correct, it does plug the inspection port for the Flywheel.
lipadj46- The thought of mallet and wood has crossed my mind several times. The problem arises in that the plug diameter is bigger than the hole.
Racking my brain on this one. The LR dealership assured me it's the correct plug. But then again, it took me 3 months of work to undo the damage they did to my truck after a scheduled maintenance. I'm still finding missing bolts and things done wrong.
MWMG
lipadj46- The thought of mallet and wood has crossed my mind several times. The problem arises in that the plug diameter is bigger than the hole.
Racking my brain on this one. The LR dealership assured me it's the correct plug. But then again, it took me 3 months of work to undo the damage they did to my truck after a scheduled maintenance. I'm still finding missing bolts and things done wrong.
MWMG
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#9
If you need a new one the part number is ERR7229 $6.52 ea. from the dealer. I did a google search on this number, not much came up on this part. I found the number from this guys web page. He swapped a 4.6 into a DI, pretty cool truck.
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Willie
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Willie
#10
It's not rocket science. The plug is bigger than the hole... it's not going in! Even if I did somehow get it in place, the rubber would be forced to scallop around the perimeter producing a poor seal.
I think at this point I'm going to search for a rubber plug of appropriate size and RTV it into place.
Wille00D2> If you get yours reinstalled could you please post your method here?
Thanks,
Michael Wm Gould
Last edited by DeepBlueWater; 03-26-2010 at 02:24 PM.