Lakester
Chief Petty Officer
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- Nov 17, 2007
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hello,
working on my 1971 85hp evinrude and using iboats forum as a 'guideline'... i bent over this weekend and took a look at my l/u's 2 drain plugs.
both were tight, neither dripping anything.
i noted the top unit quite nice as far as a fastener plug goes. not bunged up at all.
on the lower drain plug i note it is quite chewed up on edges of slot. i assume from poor alignment of screwdriver in slot.
my med size screw driver is loose and my 30" is too big on flat side to fit the slot. i have an impact screwdriver set and i am planning on setting it up in the slot and using it to break the drain plug loose, and also to set them tight.
i am thinking i can get the drain plugs in snug n tight, and then with some impact from impact screwdriver set it another 1/8th revolution or so to be goodentight.
how do you set the drain plugs to be tight enough? what tools do you use? do u use any locktite Blue?
regards
lakester
working on my 1971 85hp evinrude and using iboats forum as a 'guideline'... i bent over this weekend and took a look at my l/u's 2 drain plugs.
both were tight, neither dripping anything.
i noted the top unit quite nice as far as a fastener plug goes. not bunged up at all.
on the lower drain plug i note it is quite chewed up on edges of slot. i assume from poor alignment of screwdriver in slot.
my med size screw driver is loose and my 30" is too big on flat side to fit the slot. i have an impact screwdriver set and i am planning on setting it up in the slot and using it to break the drain plug loose, and also to set them tight.
i am thinking i can get the drain plugs in snug n tight, and then with some impact from impact screwdriver set it another 1/8th revolution or so to be goodentight.
how do you set the drain plugs to be tight enough? what tools do you use? do u use any locktite Blue?
regards
lakester