Primary drain plug help needed
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lol.. You will have that. Welcome to the forum btw. I dont know if you are a "hafta use HD parts" kinda guy or not. But I use K&N filters on mine. They have a nut on top of the case. Put a 3/4" socket on it, twist if off and you are done. They are within a few bucks of the HD filter.
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My 04 has a npt tapered thread on the primary. Manual says ms sae plug with 0-ring. Some variation. However if it looks like this you are trying to use wrong o-ring. The o-ring shoud be tight and it goes up into taper in port. The washer face bottoms metal to metal so it stays tight. If it has no groove and looks slightly tapered you use teflon tape on it.
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Simple! Look at the plug.
Does it have a shoulder and groove for the o-ring to seat into? Then it gets the o-ring.
Or is the plug threaded it's entire length? In this case, no o-ring.
Does it have a shoulder and groove for the o-ring to seat into? Then it gets the o-ring.
Or is the plug threaded it's entire length? In this case, no o-ring.
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Yes, there is a cut out in the wrench to get around the sensor. Read up on changing the oil filter without creating a mess before you pull it off as it can be a real mess if you don't take precautions such as rigging a soda bottle, carboard, form a funnel, etc.
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Does anyone happen to know the size of the primary drain plug o-ring so we can purchase them elsewhere such a Lowes or Home Depot? I found the oil drian plug o-ring size but cannot find the primary for the 04 models.
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