I hope it will work, it should right? (JB weld question)

RallyEclipse98 · Oct 16, 2007

Sleeper7 said:
The bolt's top or face is relatively flat and big enough to slap a little piece of metal on top of it no?

shave the oil drain bolt smooth, mock up metal cover, cut out, then weld. This is if you don't want to spend the time to take off the pan and do it right.

You'd have to figure out a way to drain your oil the next time, but maybe then you'll realize the ghettoeness in your ways.

For the record, this was ghetto because the drain bolt could not come out any other way and after working with it for... it was like 7 hrs. this was what I decided on. It wasn't on a DSM so I don't feel too bad. It's interesting how well the water weld works.

BoostIsMyDrug · Oct 17, 2007

RallyEclipse98 said:
For the record, this was ghetto because the drain bolt could not come out any other way and after working with it for... it was like 7 hrs. this was what I decided on. It wasn't on a DSM so I don't feel too bad. It's interesting how well the water weld works.

:huh: You wrestled with a drain plug for 7 hours? Holy crap... I think that might be some kind of record.

tonyroma · Oct 17, 2007

You better get that car to a shop and have someone who knows what they're doing take that pan off...

foxman267 · Oct 17, 2007

You could have drilled the drain plug out and rethreaded for the next size up... But you would still need to drop the pan and clean it out the shavings (cleaning it out isn't a bad idea in the first place just to get rid of the sludge)

bigguy75inches · Oct 17, 2007

i dont understand how you couldnt of just vice gripped the plug and applied pressure to get the threads started again to back it out. if it was me i would of welded a piece of rebar, or something that i could grip and really really try to back it out.

Boost92AWD · Oct 17, 2007

Drilling was not the best idea, cause now you have metal shavings in your oil. Just do it right and go buy a new pan, if you've tried everything to get it out. What are you going to do when its time for the next oil change?

RallyEclipse98 · Oct 17, 2007

Boost92AWD said:
Drilling was not the best idea, cause now you have metal shavings in your oil. Just do it right and go buy a new pan, if you've tried everything to get it out. What are you going to do when its time for the next oil change?

Shaving hopefullly came out when I drained the oil (right after the bit broke off and I got that out).

Next change... take a dye grinder and smooth the weld down to the plug, and if the oil doesn't flow by then, then take a bit and drill through the old.

And yes to earlier poster, I believe I did set the record for most time spent on an oil drain plug.

Dsm Rocket · Oct 18, 2007

I just dont understand how the plug was actually turning but it was stripped and wouldnt come out, And it holding oil and not leaking Even tho it will turn in the pan? How would it not leak? Or did you JB weld around the plug also?

RallyEclipse98 · Oct 18, 2007

Dsm Rocket said:
I just dont understand how the plug was actually turning but it was stripped and wouldnt come out, And it holding oil and not leaking Even tho it will turn in the pan? How would it not leak? Or did you JB weld around the plug also?

It didn't leak at all. Strange I know.

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