Recent content by 4Quarters

There's a steel street elbow from Zoro for 3 bucks, and a magnetic drain plug for 5 bucks. You've convinced me. I'll get those and as Ducksface would say, I'll call it a day. :bounce:

Got one more question. I can get a simple plug replacement, but I've also ck'd out this where once you screw it in, you can push the lever up and over to drain the oil. The reason I mention this is it seemed to me even if the plug ended up frozen, you'd still have a way to drain the oil. Is...

Don't get me wrong I appreciate your advice very much, in fact everybody's advice. You folks steered me in the general direction and that put me in the ballpark for fixing this. I've already started sipping on a cold one, and glad I got lucky on this. Thank you all very much!!! Well Mr. B...

Ok, this is done. I won't be doing this again if I can help it; if I buy something that has oil to drain, I'll be sure and check the plugs. If it gets frozen after I buy it, and I can get the oil out another way, I'll quit while I'm ahead. The dental pics didn't work, the file didn't...

Yeah well, after all this, I'm going to have to get it out.

I was going to buy something like a soldering iron some time later, I guess this just hurried things along, and between that and the heat gun, I'm sure this'll come off. What's strange is the plastic you see in the pic is hard as a rock, the other end which I twisted off was soft enough to...

Yes, I see the wisdom of that. Thanks

Since you've already done this, I'm going down to Harbor Freight which has a small soldering iron for the price of a burger, and between that and the heat gun I believe this plastic is gonna give it up. This isn't gonna be much money between a small soldering iron and a drain plug or else I'd...

Here's the damn thing, stuck to the threads. I've got dental pics, needle nose pliers, I'll try heating it up and picking it out trying not to get anything bits in the crankcase.

Can a propane torch soften the plastic w/o messing up the cast iron/threading to where the plastic can easily be pulled out. If that could work, how hot/how long to soften the plastic. This is the type of plastic they made 35-40 yrs. ago. I'm assuming the cast iron of the compressor will be...

Yeah, well it just broke off. I drained the oil back out of it, and will figure out a way to get the remaining plastic out of the threads w/o getting pieces of plastic in the crankcase. I don't know how this was originally screwed on, but the plastic is cemented to the female threads of the...

Could be, or whoever screwed this in screwed it in too tight. I used pliers, and the end I was using the pliers on, would give/twist while the other end/threads wouldn't move. I've twisted almost a quarter turn and the threads don't move, I'm afraid to twist it any more which will just snap...

It will not budge either way. I'll try the hair dryer 1st, and call Pacific Air Compressors and see if they've got a replacement part. Is there another outfit that would have this part? No, won't be using everyday, but somebody died and gave it to me to take care of, so I'm going to try to...

I mentioned sometime ago I'd come into a Champion Porta Champ. When I went to change the oil, no matter what wrench I used, the plastic thread drain nut was/is frozen absolutely solid. I turned on it so hard I was afraid of breaking it off, leaving just a threaded stub in the crankcase. It is...

You guys inspired me to go looking in a chest in my basement; way, way in the back of a drawer where I found these, wrenches that have been sitting in a small tin box for at least 25 yrs. since my father passed away. I have no idea how long he had them. Good thing about tools as heirlooms, you...