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GB SISSON · 10-10-2020, 10:43 PM

Once on a family trip we stopped at a jiffy lube for an oil change. 200 miles later we stopped for lunch and drip drip drip. Bad. It was easy to see they put NO gasket at all on the plug. I asked my wife for some dental floss, put a blob of non hardening permatex between my thumb and finger and stranded the floss through it. Undid the plug half way at the rest area and wound about ten turns of permatex floss and tightened it back up. Wiped the pan clean. Arrived on the East coast 3000 miles later and the pan was just clean black paint. It could not have made a better seal.

10-10-2020, 10:43 PM	#25
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 4,932	Re: 36 Can't Stop The Oil Pan Drain Plug Drip Once on a family trip we stopped at a jiffy lube for an oil change. 200 miles later we stopped for lunch and drip drip drip. Bad. It was easy to see they put NO gasket at all on the plug. I asked my wife for some dental floss, put a blob of non hardening permatex between my thumb and finger and stranded the floss through it. Undid the plug half way at the rest area and wound about ten turns of permatex floss and tightened it back up. Wiped the pan clean. Arrived on the East coast 3000 miles later and the pan was just clean black paint. It could not have made a better seal. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)