Oil drain plug gasket

might consider the metal-rubber replacement I'm thinking about.

Scroll to the bottom of the page.

http://www.gwrauto.com/oil_drain_plugs.htm

or here.

http://www.holley.com/HiOctn/ProdLine/Products/EPP/EPPCAT/StatSeal.html

DM

 

RicambiAmerica has them for 58 cents each. Click Here.

 

Mike's link seems to be "cookie-fied".

Try this one: http://ricambiamerica.com/product_info.php?products_id=72

 

Yo Daniel, how about these???

They are made by Holley and are the Earl's stat-o-seal washers.

I think if you got them, all the folks here with leaky rear ends (on their cars, that is) would appreciate them.

I know I need them, and the folks at Algar want them.

http://www.holley.com/HiOctn/ProdLine/Products/EPP/EPPCAT/StatSeal.html

Dave
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Global metrics, Belmont, CA.

 

BTW, all 3 sumps (oil,trans, & xfer case) all take the same washer: 21mm ID.

The Stat-O-Seal is a fancy brand name for a fairly common 'sealing washer' or 'O-ring washer'. While metric sizes are scarce, given the large flats on the sump covers & heads, I think a 7/8" sealing washer would work fine.

Google turned up a lot of hits...

 

My NAPA stocked the Cu washers. Verell, I thought 22mm rather than 21?

 

In antique aircraft, I remember many folks re-annealing copper crush washers by heating them up very high, then flash cooling them in water.
Would this work for these?

 

Yes, but the final softness is not significantly dependent on the quench rate for Cu materials -- so water or air cool is OK.

The key word in your post Russ is "antique". I.e., if I don't have a new one easily available, I'd reanneal myself -- but by the time you hassle with that, and cleaning-up the oxide film, buying a fresh handful from Global Metrics or the odd one or two from any F parts supplier (even for $1 each) seems smarter IMO/E.

22 mm ID x 27 mm OD x 1.5 mm thick Cu is the "308" engine and gearbox oil size just for other's reference (since it hasn't come up lately, and using "search" seems to be so difficult ). I know I wouldn't mind finding an extra 5 or 10 in the toolkit so getting 20~50 at a time from Global Metrics was my ex-MO. The TR is even worse -- more sizes, some difficult sizes, and more places -- so I still shop Global Metrics quite often even from CO.

 

I could see doing this in a pinch but at 1.00 or less, why bother?

 

I could be off a mm, don't have a spec, so used calipers to measure the thread ODs of my plugs & a couple of old washers that I keep around for reference. Definitely measured 21mm.

Either 21mm or 22mm should work fine as the shoulders are pretty large on both the plug & hole.

BTW, in a pinch I've just used an o-ring instead of a crush washer & avoided crushing/pinching it by tightening the plug finger tight using a 1/2" drive allen socket. Back then I didn't know the annealing trick. Guess the risk is that the plug might vibrate loose s it isn't torqued down.