Re: Poly oil pans

[Schuyler Wrobel <schuyler62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  and what company makes the quick disconnect for easy oil pan 
> drainage? that sounds kinda cool.
also welding in some new threads might be a plan, I wonder if there's 
something at the hardware
store that could be bolted or welded in to work as a new threaded hole?
thanks for the Ideas!
Schuyler
Schuyler 62 Dodge Dart 440 wagon w/ Poly 318
 <http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-wrobel62.html>
On May 23, 2005, at 6:24 AM, Brent Stewart wrote:
> that one company makeds the quick disconnect for easy oil pan 
> drainage. If you could get it tho thread on and lock tight it it may 
> solve your problem at least in the short term. Taht way you wouldn't 
> have to mess with the threads when oil changing and i t wouldn't get 
> any worse.
>
> > From: Bill <hemirr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Poly oil pans
> > Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 14:27:11 +0000
> > -
> >
> > The rubber-plug type repair plugs generally will work on the most 
> > warbled out and thin pans.  For a permanent repair of the pan you 
> > already have on there, if you are pulling it anyway, cut out a small 
> > section around the boogered up drain threads and weld in a section 
> > with good threads from any other Mopar pan.  I actually got away with 
> > doing this once with the pan still on the motor by MIG welding, the 
> > oil residue in there got smoking hot but did not catch on fire.  Yes 
> > it was a desparate situation.
> >
> > Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana
> > '56 Chrysler Windsor; '60 Chrysler Saratoga; '62 Plymouth Max Wedge; 
> > '64 Dart convertible; '65 Barracuda \6; '65 Imperial; '68 Barracuda 
> > FB 340-S; '69 Barracuda FB now 360; '70 Challenger; '72 Cuda '340