Mine is moulded right into the hose itself. Unfortunately.

 

So, does it not use this screw?

 

It uses a simular one. I'll post a picture tomorrow. I'm going to try something like you did and find a replacement and wrap it up with Teflon tape.

 

I was hoping it was similar. I figured you'd have a plumber up there in the camp to do repairs on the buildings, etc. He/She might have a plug that will fit. I got mine at Home Depot, and it's a standard item.

Watts
3/8 in. Brass Square-Head Plug
$2.80

 

Just a basic screw from the parts bin.

You can also fab the whole thing from some plumbing parts, while there is no hardware store there must be pipe fittings around somewhere.

The trick in bleeding is not to stop after the first bubble. There will be more.

 

Savannah. Is that your set-up? I like

 

Here is my broken bleed screw.

I should be able to find something to screw in there with some teflon tape.

I should be able to get the piece that is still in there out by heating a screw driver and melting a slot into it.

 

Locate the guy at your camp that has to fix everything. He'll have a screw assortment, you need a M10X1.0 thread.

 

coors - not my setup (D1 here), but one of the best work arounds posted. Valve inclined to clear the hood. Love the drain line, you can bleed into a bucket and not make a mess.

 

That is nice! I will make something simular when I get home. In the mean time I used something called Magic Tape and the original broken screw.

My hose has a moulded part to it that the screw goes into. The part that the screw goes into is like a large plastic nut set inside the hose. When I eas attempting to remove the broken portion of the screw, the whole nut part came loose and pushed into the hose itself.

Well I couldn't leave that in there so I pulled the hose off, and along with a little bit of coolant, I heard something small bounce into the engine compartment and presumably into the snow underneath. I looked for about three seconds and gave up.

So I stuck the original broken bleed screw over the hole, it's head overlaps it nicely and wrapped the heck out of it with Magic Tape, and then a little duct tape for good measure.

It's been holding out for two days now. It will do for now. I have more tape and plenty of extra coolant in the truck. I'll keep a close eye on it.

Did I mention that I love this truck? I know, I know... Not a good idea to get emotionally attached to a machine.