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Magnetic drain plug

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Would it be possible to use two part
epoxy and glue a magnet onto the
drain bolt? Or would the oil eat it up yum?
 
You could try JB Weld. I think it's better suited to applicatioons likely to encounter oil.
 
Dont most drain plugs already have a little magnet built into them
 
If you use JB weld you have to be very careful not to leave your petcock on "prime". JB Weld and gasoline don;t mix at all.
 
mattdez said:
If you use JB weld you have to be very careful not to leave your petcock on "prime". JB Weld and gasoline don;t mix at all.
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The JB weld sounds like an accident waiting to happen. Now that you mentioned JB weld and gasoline. A few months back i cracked my clutch cover and repaired it with JB weld. i have left my pingle on a few times and i guess its fortunate that i dont have that repaired cover on the bike as i cracked it again and replaced it with a used one.
 
mattdez said:
If you use JB weld you have to be very careful not to leave your petcock on "prime". JB Weld and gasoline don;t mix at all.
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Good point. Spoke before I thought. (Thanks, mattdez).

Back to Scotty's thought. Are you sure your plug doesn't already have a magnet?
 
maagnootized drain plug

maagnootized drain plug

I don't thinky it does have a magnet.
 
Re: maagnootized drain plug

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Jakeydiem said:
I don't thinky it does have a magnet.
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right smack in the center of the drain plug is where mine is--It is recessed a bit also.
 
mattdez said:
If you use JB weld you have to be very careful not to leave your petcock on "prime". JB Weld and gasoline don;t mix at all.
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Not to stir anything up but JB weld is compatiable with gasoline. I've used it many times. Are you possible thinking of RTV?
 
Re: maagnootized drain plug

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Jakeydiem said:
I don't thinky it does have a magnet.
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Just a thought (hope this better than the last one I had), have you tried to pick something metal up with it? Screwdriver, wrench, ect...
That should clear it up right away.
 
moto_dan said:
mattdez said:
If you use JB weld you have to be very careful not to leave your petcock on "prime". JB Weld and gasoline don;t mix at all.
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Not to stir anything up but JB weld is compatiable with gasoline. I've used it many times. Are you possible thinking of RTV?
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I was eondering how the racing boys used it to repair heads and other stuff and have it not compatable--so are we shure now that it is definitely compatable.??
 
Well, one of my friends told me this. He used it on his race car and found out the hard way that gasoline disolves JB Weld. As for RTV sealant... gasoline disolves that, as does hot exhaust.
 
Sticking a magnet to the drain plug

Sticking a magnet to the drain plug

Devcon makes a two-part epoxy that I believe would work very well. As with any idea that could cause problems if it didnt work, I'd test it out 1st before using it where it could cause some problems.
A few years ago, when I rebuilt my 1150, I epoxied some strong magnets on the outside of the lower crankcase half between the fins. My reasoning was that it'd keep any metal particles that settled in the bottom from going anywhere else. There's NO WAY a magnet on the outside could cause a problem, even if the epoxy did fail. At least, I can't imagine it being able to cause a problem. :)
 
slopoke said:
moto_dan said:
mattdez said:
If you use JB weld you have to be very careful not to leave your petcock on "prime". JB Weld and gasoline don;t mix at all.
Click to expand...

Not to stir anything up but JB weld is compatiable with gasoline. I've used it many times. Are you possible thinking of RTV?
Click to expand...
I was eondering how the racing boys used it to repair heads and other stuff and have it not compatable--so are we shure now that it is definitely compatable.??
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I guess we need to mix some up, set it gasoline and see. I've used it(JB weld) to repair post in carb bowls and small holes in fuel tanks and to fill in intake passages with no known problems, but maybe I didn't observe the repairs long enough. :?:
 
Jb Weld And Gasoline

Jb Weld And Gasoline

FWIW, Six years ago, on my '79 Suzuki GS-1000L I was in Shelton Washington and snagged a branch on the side of a dirt trail I was riding on. The branch got under the left side of the tank and tore the copper tube out of the petcock. I laid the bike down on its right side on top of my rain gear and used JB Weld (JB QUICK actually) to glue the tube back in.

Six years and many thousands of miles the JB Weld is doing fine. I've used it in many places and prefer the regular slow cure stuff but all I had in the saddlebags was the "quick" stuff and was darn glad to have it.

I'd have to say that the racer referred to in the post that complained about gas dissolving JB Weld must have been running nitro.

Marty Patrovsky
Roseburg, OR. :)
 
Well folks,
I wrote JB weld and asked them if it was OK to use with Gasoline.
This was their response.

"Thank you for your email. The surface area needs to be clean and dry of gasoline when applying J-B Weld. Once set it is not affected at all by
gasoline."

Roman.
 
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