Removing oil galley plug

I you had to drill it out how do you keep the shavings out of the
engine? Just curious....

Jon Kraus

Jim Burns wrote:
For those who have installed oil temp probes in the forward oil galley of
their Lycoming engines, how did you or your A&P remove the 1/8" NTP plug?
I've got one that is stuck tight and I don't want to booger anything up
trying to get it out. I've heard horror stories of people having to drill
them out because they are stuck but I'm wondering if an impact driver could
be used without causing any damage to the case.

Any experience or thoughts would be appreciated.

Jim

Exactly my biggest fear and before I damage it or go that far I'll turn it
over to my A&Ps. Just speculating that maybe one wouldn't drill completely
through the plug, just enough to start a large EZ-out to back out the plug.
I guess you could insert a magnet into the galley to catch any of the plug's
shavings.
Jim

If you end up having to drill it out (ugh!), pressurize the galley from
somewhere else with shop air so that any chips get blown back to you.

I'm not a fan of EZ-outs for something that is extra tight, as you may
end up distorting the threads in the case.

Penetratiung lubes etc won't penetrate the threads if there is pipe
dope in them. Instead the lube will probably get on the wrenching
surfaces & make a stripout that much more likely.

My read at least...... Still - good luck!
nrp

Thanks. If nothing else, we'll create an archive of what doesn't work!
Jim

"nrp" wrote in message
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If you end up having to drill it out (ugh!), pressurize the galley from
somewhere else with shop air so that any chips get blown back to you.

I'm not a fan of EZ-outs for something that is extra tight, as you may
end up distorting the threads in the case.

Penetratiung lubes etc won't penetrate the threads if there is pipe
dope in them. Instead the lube will probably get on the wrenching
surfaces & make a stripout that much more likely.

My read at least...... Still - good luck!
nrp

"nrp" writes:


I'm not a fan of EZ-outs for something that is extra tight, as you may
end up distorting the threads in the case.

Nor am I; an EXZout is for when the head is stripped.

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I'm not a fan of EZ-outs for something that is extra tight, as you may
end up distorting the threads in the case.

Nor am I; an EZout is for when the head is stripped.

Boy was this unclear....

You use an EZout when the head of the screw/bolt is damaged.
Classic -- phillips head screws.

It's of little use if the screw/bolt is really stuck. You can drill
such out but it's a PITA.
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