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Gentlemen: I said to myself, why reinvent the wheel?, Come to somebody who has already experienced this. I removed the drain plug on the Controller Box on the bottom of the transmission and drained the transfer box. I changed the filters and reinstalled the drain plugs to find out that I didn't have the threads to torque the plug into. Checked it with both plugs and it was the same. So I called Momma Allison and said surely you have a remedy for this and NO, Allison provides nothing for this. Got ahold of my favorite hydraulic shop and to was pointed out that if I put a helicoil in that the O-Ring surface will be damaged. Probably so. So here I am. Surely the Military had some of this happen? I am going to remove my piece of exhaust today and push come to shove I could probably rethread for pipe plug and use pipe dope to seal but first I want to check with y'all.
Thank you. PS. I do like my magnet in the drain plug so if I can save that it would be great.
Thank you. PS. I do like my magnet in the drain plug so if I can save that it would be great.