Hi all.

Can you guys post the links you have on some sites where I can order a cheap magnetic drain bolt?

thanks!

JP

 

Discount Auto Parts.

Or you can buy the uber expensive Sp00n.

BTW, the tranny one is 100% useless... unless you want to buy B18CXr's old one....

 

check out ebay under spoon. There was a person selling spoon copies for cheap. If you want even cheaper, about $3.00 go to your local auto parts store. Kragens, Pepboys, autozone

 

Yep, a Pep Boys or Trak Auto should have them for $3.xx a pop.

 

thanks guys,

this forum is so much more helpful then others...

wish i still had my itr

well, I have my itr engine back soon so maybe this won't be the last you'll be hearing from me

-J

 

Are j00 sure?



Will

 

Will: Yep, I'm 100% sure. Take apart a tranny and you'll see why. Or just ask Yack, he knows why now. If you don't have the answer by the expo, ask and I'll lay down da science.

 

I seent that "thing" also... but how do da metals got on da spoom plug?

ILL

 

There's already a big fat magnet inside your tranny. It's about 10x bigger than the magnet on the spoon plug.

 

I hope my spoon plug doesn't end up with that much...probably will be more..

 

Drain plug is higher so it collects it first? I think that's impossible to answer without mounting a video camera in the tranny and grinded the chit out of someones tranny. lol

Either way, I'm *never* seen metal come out of a bseries tranny but everyone I've seen apart has had some metal on the mag.

 

Dave - the muffler bearing and tranny mag plug ****...



D

 

So Dave, are the gears all plastic? or was your tranny empty when you opened it up?

BudMan - who's just jealous he didn't have the time or $$ to open his case up & change gearing when he did the clutch/flywheel in January - lol

 

Arent bearings copper..which means they wont stick to the magnet anyway?

 

lol jeff being a smart ***

I'll rephrase: "I've never seen any metal come out of a bseries tranny during a fluid change, but have seen metal on the huge focking magnet located inside of the transaxle casing"

 

For the imaginationally challenged...

 

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292566341



First tranny flush (with plug install) at 2435 miles.
Tranny flushed again at 6315 miles (picture taken).

Two HPDE's on the fluid/tranny before the pictures were taken.

For those who think I can't drive a stick...
I avg. ~37,000-39,000 miles a year behind the wheel of a car. ALL of which are stick shifts.

The drain plug does do something.

Will
-who wonders if the magnet in the bottom of his tranny was full at 6,000 miles....

 

Good call Willard.......I don't have any pics.....but both Mags work.

 

i still think it's useless, but for $3.50, can't hurt... big magnet will take care of all...

D
-who doesn't want to argue wif will, but hopes will bought autozone, and not spoon drain plug.

 

I think people should quit the argue. It's proven, thanks for the pic bro!

 

[QUOTEI think people should quit the argue. It's proven, thanks for the pic bro![/QUOTE]

I agree. It's proven that the drain plug magnet will pick up the shavings before they get to the big focking magnet in the tranny case

We'll just have to pull apart our trannies at the expo to prove eachother right......

 

Dave - pull mine apart & we'll change the gears! (If I get a job by then what's $250?? )

Sound like a plan - I'm up to 80,000 miles & surely my BIG magnet needs a little cleaning!

 

We'll have plenty of ITR's to use as vices at the expo! We can do it, just need some hammers and a gear puller.

 

I'm betting I can even out do my 18 hr clutch change time - lol



btw - ON topic - I added the magnetic drain plug from o'reillys ($3.95) when I changed fluid last month


[Modified by BudMan, 3:05 PM 2/13/2002]

 

Serious?

I did my clutch/flywheel/tranny on my CX last night in just under 3 hours.
Jackstands and hand tools suck compared to air tools and a lift.