sump help pls

you need use a flat spacer 5 mm thick
Simon

Peter, why not cut the nearest oversize thread and buy a matching plug? No need to remove it if you are careful and keep it clean. I recommend getting a magnetic plug to replace it anyway also.

For a Honda M14x1,5 and about 4GBP on ebay

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Originally posted by goodroc:
Peter, why not cut the nearest oversize thread and buy a matching plug? No need to remove it if you are careful and keep it clean. I recommend getting a magnetic plug to replace it anyway also.

For a Honda M14x1,5 and about 4GBP on ebay

Brilliant one now on order for only £2.49p
amazing.

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Originally posted by Simon:
you need use a flat spacer 5 mm thick
Simon

Whats the reason for the wide spacer please Simon?

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Originally posted by Peter Fenlon:
My sump plug is leaking, the threads are shot, can I take off the sump / oil pan without removing the engine.

Also, I made a mistake and fitted one rear wheel
to the front axle, I found out when the noise started, the inside of the wheel rim is scored all the way around!

I thought you could fit the rears to the front if you were lucky enough to find some 10 inch rears.

I have seen many of the 8" wheels installed on the front of the car. My original 8" rears were moved to the front.

I have no clearance issues. I do not require spacers in the front. They just bolt right on with no clearance issues.

This is the first I've heard of needing a spacer.

On other vehicles occasionally I have seen that the steel fluid tubing that crosses over from front to rear needs to be slightly bent so as not to rub on the inside of the wheel.

You need to determine exactly what is rubbing.

I'm not sure that the lug studs are long enough to enable the SAFE use of a 5mm spacer either. I would verify how much thread is left when you do that.

On race cars longer studs are usually installed. 1/2" of threads is not enough. What the factory provided stock on the car should be considered the MINIMUM.

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Originally posted by Peter Fenlon:

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Originally posted by Simon:
you need use a flat spacer 5 mm thick
Simon

Whats the reason for the wide spacer please Simon?

I found out that the rims have different castings , I have sometimes the same problem whit the 10" from the GT5 andGT5-S

5 mm spacers give no problem on the studs and the rims are still hub center mounted.

But to be sure, check also the tubing and bleed valve as PanteraDoug is suggest.

Simon

Peter, look VERY closely at the scored wheel. Campagnolo magnesium castings are only about 3/16" thick at the point where a caliper might touch. You'll have to decide if the scratch makes that wheel too dangerous to use. If its an aluminum wheel, they're typically not too expensive to eplace, but Campys are pricy! Spun- aluminum 3-piece racing wheels typically crack circumferentially about where the scratch is....

hello Bosswrench,

that info is very scary indeed.

I will take a better look at the damage.

and will put up a pic (Rocky)