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Old 04-04-2008, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Knightrider966 View Post
I'm not sure how you did this in the first place since the drain plug in mine is plastic, isn't yours? I would think you could put a plastic epoxy on the drain plug and thread it back in and it would hold, but of course now you'll have to pull your lower hose to drain your coolant, a messy proposition. I would remove the radiator and clean the drain plug and mount with Alcohol to remove all coolant and then using a 2 part epoxy, mix what you need and spread it on your drain plug and plug hole and then re-insert it. Wait for it to thoroughly dry and you should be fine. I think JB Weld would be good for this! JB weld is plastic safe.
JB weld will work because it is a high temp epoxy I think up the 250 degrees F. The area will need to be dry, clean and degreased.

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