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12-11-2020, 11:01 AM | #1 | ||
AU-XR8-302
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I have been having an ongoing issue with my sump leaking from the bolt. Tried everything including getting a new thread put in etc. Time to replace the sump.
Just wondering Is an Alloy Sump better or is there a better sump since I need to go to all this effort to replace it or do I just get a standard one? Thanks. |
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12-11-2020, 11:36 AM | #2 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Leaking from the sump plug - or securing bolt/s ?
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12-11-2020, 11:49 AM | #3 | ||
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12-11-2020, 05:14 PM | #4 | ||
FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Have a suitably sized flat nut welded onto the inside that take the sump plug thread. Or just secure a hollow brass fitting from Bunnings or Supercheap etc with a flat nut same as I did when retro-fitting a drain plug into various trans mission per pics attached. As you can see, this one on my NB Fairlane has scraped or grounded on kerbs etc from time to time but has still held fast for 20 years odd with no leaks.
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12-11-2020, 05:26 PM | #5 | |||
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12-11-2020, 05:30 PM | #6 | ||
FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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Cast alloy ones cool better (at least in theory but it's probably marginal) and look schmick but can catastrophically crack rather than dent if you hit something accidentally.
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