Attention: TDR Forum Junkies I am having a really awful weekend. I posted a message earlier about my truck dumping 5 gallons of fuel on a 5 mile trip. Now I really have problems.
I go out to do my very first oil change. (Truck has 30,300 miles and dealer did one at 25,100 as part of my purchase)
Right off, I notice drain plug is not torqued to 60 pounds. 30 maybe, but no leaks.
I change filter without much trouble. Put drain plug back in and it will not tighten. Feels stripped out, but looks OK. Put it back in and try again thinking it may not have been seated all the way yet and the damned thing is stripped! I never got out anything more than a 6" ratchet. I took back out and decided to teflon it to try to limp to dealer and realized that may cause more problems. So, I put it back in and try to delicately tighten it to point just before it jumps a thread and the drain plug shoulder falls apart. What a crock of ****. Here I am with no oil in it and no plug to hold it in and I can not tell whether the plug itself was just falling apart or whether the threads in the pan are stripped. They look like they are stripped to me. But surely Cummins would not design it so the threads would strip before the bolt would fail. Would they? I am in need of help here guys. I will call dealer tomorrow and ask them to tow truck in and check threads and replace plug. Or, do I need a new pan? Or, should I just call dealer and ask for a new plug and see if the threads hold? I need help. I have had nothing but problems with this truck and now I have no way to even get to work. This sucks.
Can this be tapped out to a larger thread size? Helicoil it? Sell truck and find my 1990 Chevy 1/2 ton that never saw the inside of a garage except mine in 220,000 miles?
I have seen the guys in shops use impact/air tools. I am sure that is what happened to mine.
Very frustrating and in need of advice.
David
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'00 2500QC 2WD 6sp. loaded with all but leather and cab lights.
I go out to do my very first oil change. (Truck has 30,300 miles and dealer did one at 25,100 as part of my purchase)
Right off, I notice drain plug is not torqued to 60 pounds. 30 maybe, but no leaks.
I change filter without much trouble. Put drain plug back in and it will not tighten. Feels stripped out, but looks OK. Put it back in and try again thinking it may not have been seated all the way yet and the damned thing is stripped! I never got out anything more than a 6" ratchet. I took back out and decided to teflon it to try to limp to dealer and realized that may cause more problems. So, I put it back in and try to delicately tighten it to point just before it jumps a thread and the drain plug shoulder falls apart. What a crock of ****. Here I am with no oil in it and no plug to hold it in and I can not tell whether the plug itself was just falling apart or whether the threads in the pan are stripped. They look like they are stripped to me. But surely Cummins would not design it so the threads would strip before the bolt would fail. Would they? I am in need of help here guys. I will call dealer tomorrow and ask them to tow truck in and check threads and replace plug. Or, do I need a new pan? Or, should I just call dealer and ask for a new plug and see if the threads hold? I need help. I have had nothing but problems with this truck and now I have no way to even get to work. This sucks.
Can this be tapped out to a larger thread size? Helicoil it? Sell truck and find my 1990 Chevy 1/2 ton that never saw the inside of a garage except mine in 220,000 miles?
I have seen the guys in shops use impact/air tools. I am sure that is what happened to mine.
Very frustrating and in need of advice.
David
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'00 2500QC 2WD 6sp. loaded with all but leather and cab lights.
LB, Polished Stull Billet Grill & Fog inserts, Chrome Smitty-Built Step Rails, Mopar Chrome-Tipped Mud Flaps, A-Pillar mounted West-Tach Turbo/Pyro/Trans Temp gauges,Rancho 9000's set at '1',Diamond Plated Tool Box, OEM U. R. Bedliner + other stuff. 
