Got a text from Kees last night, he had got all keen and was doing an oil change prior to the Roast Duck Rally in a coupla weeks....he took out the drain plug and the thread came with it...oooops!

I reassured him that it is an easy fix and he went to Repco (NAPA type deal) and got a 14mm generic drain plug for a car and a 14 x 1.5 pitch tap (total cost 56NZD)

He carefully cut the new thread with a very greasy tap, and on my advice flushed the sump with gasoline, fitted the new drain plug, put the old oil back in and took it for a ride so the oil and any residual gas mixed.

He then did the oil and filter as per normal and he is smiling again

All's well that ends well, even he does ride a wheelbarrow and own a caravan.

 

Sounds like good advice. Glad to hear he got back on the road

 

Had that happen a year or two ago. The pucker factor is pretty high when it happens but quite a relief when you realize how easy the fix is.

 

Good save...guessing PO crank'd it on a bit too tight...

 

Have done that before as well.
Good save folks
WP

 

Thanks for the tip! Looking at doing this , next oil change. Plugs on its last leg! You made it easy by posting up the plug size!

Ride Safe,
Harold

 

Another win for the team of Spanners and Kees...

 

 

WTF! LOL!

 

That could be a New TV mini series. Wonder how many nights their stories could take up

WP