Magnetic drain plug
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11
Magnetic drain plug
Do any of you guys here have any experience with this? I am also going to get the washer that goes with it. It seems like a good idea to me.
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...&dept%5Fid=153
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...&dept%5Fid=153
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Magnets
I have magnets on my cars and bike by the drain plug now. That looks good. 
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11
Indeed. Mine has that in the back corner. I have first hand experience with the transmission pan magnet and it does catch metal shavings! I just wanted to get a few opinions from experienced hot rodders. Thank you very much gentleman. I am going to do it. Seems logical and anything to make the car last longer is certainly a plus in my book!
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It's a good concept. I personally went with a filter magnet, so that I would be throwing away anything it caught when I change the filter, but it's just a different means to the same end.
At the same time I did that, I got THIS, an oil drain valve. It fixes one of the worst parts of changing the oil; dropping the bolt into the drain pan!
At the same time I did that, I got THIS, an oil drain valve. It fixes one of the worst parts of changing the oil; dropping the bolt into the drain pan!
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11
I went to the hardware store and bought a few strong magnets and am about to place them on the oil filter. This way I know what Magnet I am getting and that it truely works. Those magnets along with the drain plug and a good filter should really help things if metal shavings were to come out. Hopefully, it wiont come down to that.
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I bought some of these and stuck them to the drain plug, tranny pan plug, oil filter on my cars.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=400029636812
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=400029636812
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Magnetic drain plug is good, stay away from the magnets sold to attach to the oil filter. Had one from one of the Corvette suppliers. One day I found it was running real rough after driving a few miles of a perfect cruise. a few days later crawled under it and found the magnet had moved over to my tranny housing. Started car ran like crap. Shut down car removed magnet from housing and car ran like new again. Hmmm.....
My opinion is the magnetic drain plug is great. Oil filter magnet is crap. Again just my opinion.
My opinion is the magnetic drain plug is great. Oil filter magnet is crap. Again just my opinion.
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