Can'tFishEnough
Petty Officer 3rd Class
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Possible mod for Texas Maid drain plug to make it more "standard" - good/bad idea???
in response to the issues brought up in a previous thread about Texas Maid boats and their odd size drain plug (like a 7/8 inch diameter by about 3/8-1/2 long), I thought I'd post a potential solution that I was considering doing.
(Edit: According to http://forums.iboats.com/showthread....11&pagenumber= there are several people...)
There are several people who have lost the original drain plugs that went to the TM boats. Some were able to build alternate plugs out of 7/8 in bolts (14 in tread/inch) and a nut & o-ring.
When pricing these items (that I can't find locally very easily - and I'm in a large metropolitan city even) online it seems I'm looking at roughly $30 for the bolt alone sometimes more as some places wont sell just one due to minimum quantity requirements) not to mention maybe a nut and possibly a flat washer to seal the o-ring to the boat.
So here is what I'm planning on doing:
I found a Bronze Garboard Plug flange with the standard brass (1/2 in NPT) plug for about $8. It installs with 3 #8 screws (I assume stainless steel). here is a link - http://www.iboats.com/Garboard-Drai...7795502--**********.953147098--view_id.167316
I'm suggesting drilling out the existing threads on the plug hole to 1 inch and then installing this flange to make the drain a standard plug from now on.
Does anyone see any potential problems with this? I plan to fill in the gap between the flange and the hole with the the 3m 5200 stuff.
will try to post some pics later this afternoon.
thanks
in response to the issues brought up in a previous thread about Texas Maid boats and their odd size drain plug (like a 7/8 inch diameter by about 3/8-1/2 long), I thought I'd post a potential solution that I was considering doing.
(Edit: According to http://forums.iboats.com/showthread....11&pagenumber= there are several people...)
There are several people who have lost the original drain plugs that went to the TM boats. Some were able to build alternate plugs out of 7/8 in bolts (14 in tread/inch) and a nut & o-ring.
When pricing these items (that I can't find locally very easily - and I'm in a large metropolitan city even) online it seems I'm looking at roughly $30 for the bolt alone sometimes more as some places wont sell just one due to minimum quantity requirements) not to mention maybe a nut and possibly a flat washer to seal the o-ring to the boat.
So here is what I'm planning on doing:
I found a Bronze Garboard Plug flange with the standard brass (1/2 in NPT) plug for about $8. It installs with 3 #8 screws (I assume stainless steel). here is a link - http://www.iboats.com/Garboard-Drai...7795502--**********.953147098--view_id.167316
I'm suggesting drilling out the existing threads on the plug hole to 1 inch and then installing this flange to make the drain a standard plug from now on.
Does anyone see any potential problems with this? I plan to fill in the gap between the flange and the hole with the the 3m 5200 stuff.
will try to post some pics later this afternoon.
thanks
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