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[maytag]

So, if you guys are finished telling particlewave that he doesn't know how to install a drain plug (have you SEEN his work? ) then perhaps a quick turn to google is in order?
A simple, single search brings up what looks to be HUNDREDS of failed, leaky LN magnetic drain plugs.
Frodo, you want to go on about sample size; looks like google has you beat.

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[Oldcarguy]

Originally Posted by maytag

So, if you guys are finished telling particlewave that he doesn't know how to install a drain plug (have you SEEN his work? ) then perhaps a quick turn to google is in order?
A simple, single search brings up what looks to be HUNDREDS of failed, leaky LN magnetic drain plugs.
Frodo, you want to go on about sample size; looks like google has you beat.

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I wasn’t telling PW anything. PW has been a great help to me and I respect his opinion. I was simply relating my personal experience.

It’s ok to have differences of opinion and experiences presented in a civil manner.

[maytag]

Originally Posted by Oldcarguy

I wasn’t trying to tell PW anything. PW has been a great help to me and I respect his opinion. I was simply relating my personal experience.



It’s ok to have differences of opinion presented in a civil manner.

I was talking about Frodo and Elmer. Their posts have a decidedly "let me teach you how to do it right" tone about them.

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[Frodo]

Originally Posted by Elmer

My post was not intended to be inflammatory at all nor condescending. I respect all of the guidance and opinions here. My personal experience is that had I not read the instructions that came with the LN plug, and the sticker with BOLD printing that said 19 ft/lbs, I'd have twisted the head right off of that plug.

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Originally Posted by maytag

I was talking about Frodo and Elmer. Their posts have a decidedly "let me teach you how to do it right" tone about them.

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Sorry fella, but you're simply delusional.

Re-read my (our) posts. They state facts (I've not experienced the problem over many years of using the LN plug) and raise a question about why there would be the failures particlewave refers to. I never suggested he'd done anything incorrectly. (In fact---I don't know if this is true or not---but reading his post one gets the impression he never used the LN plug. He sounds like he's just reporting what he's picked up from others who have.) And in 1,500+ posts I've rarely, if ever, had a "let me teach you how to do it right" tone. In fact I've frequently admitted I know less about a given topic than many of the other posters on any given subject. And as I suggest above, I think it's clear to most that I've not come across with that tone here, either.

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by maytag

So, if you guys are finished telling particlewave that he doesn't know how to install a drain plug (have you SEEN his work? ) then perhaps a quick turn to google is in order?
A simple, single search brings up what looks to be HUNDREDS of failed, leaky LN magnetic drain plugs.
Frodo, you want to go on about sample size; looks like google has you beat.

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Ummm...I'm pretty sure I never even implied particlewave didn't know how to install a drain plug. Only that there were quite possibly others out there with that issue. (Apparently/possibly, assuming your research is correct, "HUNDREDS"). i have, in fact, personally experienced pw's good work---he's helped me out on a number of occasions. He knows these cars better than I ever hope to, and I appreciate as much as the next guy that he's here. So please don't put words in my mouth.

In that I'd never had any problems whatsoever with the mag plug in my box, it never dawned on me to research ANY of this. And, as usual with such searches, it's instances where people have had problems that show up online. (There's lots of people that use brute force in situations where they shouldn't. How many of those folks used a torque wrench in replacing their plugs? I wonder..) Generally speaking, nobody posts assertions that they've never had "Problem X" before. In this case I suspect there were MANY more than "HUNDREDS" who have not.