disintegrated drain plug seat any ideas????

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birdacre
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Joined: October 8th, 2013, 2:37 pm
Body Type: AA express
Model Year: 1928

disintegrated drain plug seat any ideas????

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took off my oil pan, brazed holes, cleaned up. installed. 1 year later go to add oil. tighten up drain plug and out comes the plug and seat. looks like it was soldered in. appeared perfect when i had it apart. any ideas, rubber stopper drain plugs? epoxy kits that actually hold? ideas to repair that do not include dropping pan etc. thank you in advance, kevin
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1crosscut
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Joined: December 25th, 2010, 7:22 pm
Body Type: 82-A
Model Year: 1929
Location: Lincoln, NE

Re: disintegrated drain plug seat any ideas????

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Kevin I wish there was a silver bullet out there to fix your troubles but I doubt that there is one. In my opinion the best fix in this situation is to get a good used pan.
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Stakebed
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Joined: June 14th, 2007, 7:29 pm
Body Type: Grainbox
Model Year: 1929
Location: Illinois

Re: disintegrated drain plug seat any ideas????

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yea pans are plentiful...

whatever repair you do wont be worth the time it would take to get a different pan...
KimVanOrder
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Joined: August 11th, 2013, 4:25 pm
Body Type: 82-A Platform
Model Year: 1928
Location: Hamilton, Mich.

Re: disintegrated drain plug seat any ideas????

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My 2 cents. Remove the pan and have it brazed in properly. Fix it right and it will work fine. A used pan, you can fix too, then install it! May as well fix the one you have.

Easy Band-Aid fixes will, like a Band-Aid, come off / loose with time.

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