1984 crate motor

[swells6367]

I found out today I have a gm good wrench crate motor 84-85 I was changing the pan gasket and I have the oil pan that the dipstick can be on either side. mine is on the drivers side, my question is I am leaking oil from the place where the dipstick would be on the passenger side. what kinda of fitting is in the hole and how would I fix this problem.

[Ziegelsteinfaust]

I believe it is just a plug with a bit of RTV around it.

Take a flat blade, and drive it into the offending plug. Twist, and pry out. Clean up with brake clean. Apply a generous amount of RTV, and pop in the new plug.

I think a 9mm shell casing can be used if you have one of those around.

[Tx Firefighter]

The engines originally came with a steel slug that you drove into the unused hole. Kind of like a short dowel pin.

[MDc10]

I had the same problem, I bought a crate and they give you 2 size plugs. The only problem is one plug is way to small the other plug seems a little big, I fabricated some to put there but I still have the plugs. Is the plug suppost to be so tight you have to beat it in with a hammer? If it gets plugged there's no way it will ever come out.
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[Tx Firefighter]

Yes, you have to hammer the plug in place. It's not going to come out unless you take the oil pan off and come in from below with a hammer and punch to knock it back out.

[MDc10]

Thanks for the info
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