need help finding part

InternetRoadkill · 03-06-2006, 08:30 AM

I am rebuilding a 22RE engine. I had to drill the plugs out of the oil gallery passages (they were frozen) in order to boil the block. Now I need to find replacement plugs. However, this is proving to be exceedingly difficult. Every autoparts store and hardware center just looks at me like I'm crazy when I show them the old plugs. The reason is that they have metric threads, and one of them is an oddball size for a plug, even for a metric.

What I need is one of each:

M16x1.5 socket head plug, flush type (7/8" taper),
M13x1.25 socket head plug, flush type (7/8" taper).

If anyone has any idea where I can find these, please let me know. I've been searching for nearly 2 weeks now. I would really like to avoid having to have a pair custom machined.

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kyle_22r · 03-06-2006, 09:30 AM

are you sure they aren't british pipe thread? i know the sender holes for oil pressure are BPT.

InternetRoadkill · 03-06-2006, 11:07 AM

It would be so much easier if they were, but nope. They really are metric.

InternetRoadkill · 03-06-2006, 11:29 AM

Found them! The good people over at LC Engineering carry them.

BTW: I didn't notice them at first, but there are 4 plugs in the crank as well. It's a good idea to pull them if you have the crank serviced so that you can clean all the muck hiding inside the crank oil passages.

03-06-2006, 09:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
kyle_22r Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lacey, WA Posts: 3,992	are you sure they aren't british pipe thread? i know the sender holes for oil pressure are BPT. __________________ 1998 tacoma, 3RZ-FE, 5 speed, 30x9.5R15 M/Ts past toys: 1984 4x2 1979 4x4 1991 4x4

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03-06-2006, 11:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
InternetRoadkill Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 941	It would be so much easier if they were, but nope. They really are metric.

03-06-2006, 11:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
InternetRoadkill Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 941	Found them! The good people over at LC Engineering carry them. BTW: I didn't notice them at first, but there are 4 plugs in the crank as well. It's a good idea to pull them if you have the crank serviced so that you can clean all the muck hiding inside the crank oil passages.