07-17-2024, 11:21 AM
Yeah, it looks like Dimple has given up their web presence. I don't know if that means they are still in business or not. Dimple plugs can still be found listed on some web sites, so I may be able to acquire one. Gold makes a M20x1.5 magnetic that might be a good alternate choice. Although, I do wonder about the corrosion potential using a stainless plug in an aluminum case. That may be overthinking things a tad.
I was bored last night so I grabbed one of the used crush washers and got to measuring its thickness. Thinking that if the sealing surface on the plug was not plane, it would show up in the crush washer. There was a definite divot in the crush washer. The max thickness was about 0.0480 inches (or a scosche over a millimeter for the rest of the world). The min area was about 0.0455 inches about a third of the way around from the max area. Two and a half thou ain't much. But it does raise the question of if I did drop the plug and bent the flange? Maybe stoning out the burrs also leveled the sealing surface some. Don't know. New plug for the next oil change and a new day.
I suspect Grumpy Goat would have the patience for this. Solving problems is what we do.
I was bored last night so I grabbed one of the used crush washers and got to measuring its thickness. Thinking that if the sealing surface on the plug was not plane, it would show up in the crush washer. There was a definite divot in the crush washer. The max thickness was about 0.0480 inches (or a scosche over a millimeter for the rest of the world). The min area was about 0.0455 inches about a third of the way around from the max area. Two and a half thou ain't much. But it does raise the question of if I did drop the plug and bent the flange? Maybe stoning out the burrs also leveled the sealing surface some. Don't know. New plug for the next oil change and a new day.
I suspect Grumpy Goat would have the patience for this. Solving problems is what we do.