[DeTomaso] the drain plug is 1/2-20
pantdino at aol.com
pantdino at aol.com
Sun Feb 3 20:27:03 EST 2008
I got one of each and tried the M12 first. As I screwed it in it was obviously too loose.
The 1/2"-20 felt right.
Threads in sump looked OK
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: pantdino at aol.com
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 1:04 pm
Subject: [DeTomaso] is the stock oil drain plug M12-1.25 or 1/2-20?
My stock oil drain plug seems to have suffered some damage to the threads
closest to the hex.?
I figured a replacement would be a no-brainer, but at Autozone they said their
book showed an M14 plug for a Ford 351C, which was clearly too big and too
coarse.
Both the M12-1.25 and 1/2"-20 look very similar to my plug and to each other.
I assume since this was a good old Ford engine the 1/2" plug should be the
correct one, but I don't want to put in either one until I know which is
correct.
I plan to inspect the threads in the sump as best I can also, of course.
Thanks,
Jim
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