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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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My drain plug broke on my aftermarket radiator "CSF Radiator No. 2089"

Does anyone know where I can find the specs on the drain plug bolt, or perhaps where I can buy a replacement?

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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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try contacting the manufacturer of the radiator.
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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Default Re: Radiator drain plug broke (drbenne)

yeh, just sent them an email. I was hoping to finish up tomorrow, but looks like I might be driving my sister stock integra LS for a few more days...
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 11:26 AM
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is it like the factory plastic drain **** or is it metal?
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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Default Re: Radiator drain plug broke (twentyhurtz)

it is a plastic piece, very UNlike the factory one. I ended up buying a 12mm hex bolt, pitch is 1.25, shortest one I could find was about 1.5 inches long, so I cut it down to 3/8" and then used a dremel to get rid of the threads messed up by the hacksaw. Put some sealant on it and put it in, fit perfectly.

If anyone else has this radiator and need to solve the same problem, it is easy, only costs a couple bucks too.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 05:29 AM
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oh well good luck, and oh here is a tip in case you didn't know this, sometimes when you have to cut a bolt, go ahead and put a nut on it all the way past the portion your gonna cut, then when you cut the bolt, you can unscrew the nut and usually it will clean the threads up when coming off. in your case you probably didn't have enough room anyways because the bolt was so short. that way you won't have to use a dremel
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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Default Re: Radiator drain plug broke (twentyhurtz)

I had just enough room to do that, and I did, but it didn't work. The threads at the end got really f*cked up from the hack saw.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 06:22 PM
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Ghetto lol, you should probably still contact the manufacturer and get the right one JIC..
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 11:35 PM
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i asked them, they couldn't even tell me the dimensions of the bolt. It fit perfectly, so I am not too worried.
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