magnetic gearbox drain plug

[slayllian]

Anybody know if you can get a magnetic plug for the gearbox, similar to those they do for the engine sump drain plug?

Cheers.

 

[plasticsniffer]

I don't think the gearbox is fitted with a drain plug, from other threads on here!

 

[Dal]

If you know the thread size then maybe one of these?

http://shop.motorsport-developments.co.uk/magnetic-drain-plugs-43-c.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Flying Scotsman]

I have this fitted....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Puma-Blue-Magnetic-Sump-Plug-Washer-/270965206578?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f16c8ee32" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[slayllian]

Thanks Dal will try and figure out what size it is.

I have this fitted....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Puma-Blue-Magnetic-Sump-Plug-Washer-/270965206578?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f16c8ee32" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

What to the gearbox or the engine? are they the same size M14 x 1.5?

 

[Flying Scotsman]

My bad.... i thought it was engine.... oops.

 

[slayllian]

no worries, don't suppose anybody knows gearbox drain plug size from memory?

 

[ScubaSteve]

the gearbox has a magnet inside it already

 

[ScubaSteve]

and to answer your question no there isnt a magnetic drain plug because there is no drain plug!

 

[slayllian]

I was thinking of replacing the plug below the filler plug which I drained most of the oil out of (which is not technically the drain) with a magnetic one, but if there is a magnet in the gearbox already, then happy days! k:

 

[ScubaSteve]

thats not a plug its a detent, and is designed for a spring loaded plunger to fit you wont get anything like that to work, and you also wouldnt want metal bits collecting round it as its a mechanical part of the box

but as said the gearbox already has a magnet inside it

 

[scbond]

As others have said, there is no drain plug...you generally drain the gearbox by pulling the intermediate driveshaft out.