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C-12 dipstick hole plugs


Created On Sunday October 18, 2009 08:28 Diesel Talk
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tcbaker7
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Note Sunday October 18, 2009 08:28 View thread in raw text format
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Wondering if anybody has any tricks or knows of a special tool to install the rubber plugs that block off the unused diptick holes in the block? Thanks.
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catmech
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Note Sunday October 18, 2009 09:16 View thread in raw text format
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we put 1u8846 gasket maker around the plug, and in the opening of the hole. this lets it push in easier, but seals when plug is push all the way down. does not take much.
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tcbaker7
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Note Sunday October 18, 2009 10:38 View thread in raw text format
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Thanks for the quick reply. I did use a permatex gasket sealer for lube and these these are fighting me! I have installed some before, and I remember them going in fairly easy. The plugs I have seem quite a bit larger than the hole. Possibly I was given the wrong part. I will have to check on Monday. I rarely have something so simple give me such a hard time. lol
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desertstormboy
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Note Sunday October 18, 2009 14:46 View users profile View thread in raw text format
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we always used the "blue glue" gasket maker that cat mech was talkin about...seems to go in pretty easy. probably is the plugs for a 3406 maybe


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catmech
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Note Sunday October 18, 2009 18:04 View thread in raw text format
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the ones you should have are big at one end, and tapered at the other. the 3400's look the same at both ends.
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tcbaker7
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Note Sunday October 18, 2009 18:32 View thread in raw text format
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I think I probably have the wrong ones. The ones i was sent were not tapered at all. they were the same diameter, with three ribs. One at each end, and one in the middle. Quite a bit bigger than the hole in the block. Thank you.
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tcbaker7
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Note Monday October 19, 2009 15:58 View thread in raw text format
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Thanks to all that helpedsmile The parts i was sent the first time were wrong. The right ones went in very well.
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