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LOL!!! My Goodness,can't stop laughing..LOL!!! 200

posted by  Don Foster on  Sun Dec 29 00:50 CST 2002
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The plug on a B230 is a hole, approximately 2" in diameter, where the distributor mounts if the engine is used in a 700 series car. (In that case, the hole on the lower front left of the block receives the plug.)

The plug fits by friction only. Sometimes excessive crankcase pressure can dislodge the plug, and then you have an enormous oil leak, and this can occur even after you've cleaned up the cranlkcase ventilation system ("flame trap" and associated plumbing). This happened to my daughter in her (now my) '86 246 about 100 miles from home on a Sunday midnight on the turnpike where NO help was available. It was about 10 degrees and 20 mph wind. Fortunately, I had a new plug and she had her cellphone. That was in '97, and my hands are still cold.

My picture shows the dimensions for a strap. Aside from a scrap of aluminum flat stock (or oak or maple) you need only two 6-mm bolts from the junk box.

Click here to see the plug.
--
Don Foster (near Cape Cod, MA)






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