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#108852 slyguy (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1174 Magnetic bolts 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   I will be doing another oil change in about a week. Thinking of using the magnetic bolts. What size do I need? Also they appear to come with a plastic washer. Do you use that? Can I replace both (if so, same size for both) or just the front one?   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108859 SobaCracka (User) It's best to eat crow while fresh. Platinum Boarder Posts: 1549 Re:Magnetic bolts 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   I may be corrected on this, but I got mine at Advance Auto for about $2 apiece. I believe the package is marked 14 X 1.5 (head is 14 mm). I also bought brass washers (10 mm, if I remember correctly). They sell the crush washers as well.   Logged     Earl in Catonsville, MD   The administrator has disabled public write access. #108863 greyphart (User) bad idea+ experience = good judgement Gold Boarder Posts: 984 Re:Magnetic bolts 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Trying Musky's method. Using the small magnets from a computer hard drive on the filter. Cheap and probably as effective. Strong enough to stay on too. Kinda hard to get them off though. Try one on a flat steel surface and you'll see. Greyphart   Logged     www.greyphart.webs.com   The administrator has disabled public write access. #108886 slyguy (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1174 Re:Magnetic bolts 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   SobaCracka wrote: I may be corrected on this, but I got mine at Advance Auto for about $2 apiece. I believe the package is marked 14 X 1.5 (head is 14 mm). I also bought brass washers (10 mm, if I remember correctly). They sell the crush washers as well. You do both drain plugs with the mag bolts? Do you use the plastic washers also that came in the packages with the bolts or trash those and just use the brass washers?   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108889 SobaCracka (User) It's best to eat crow while fresh. Platinum Boarder Posts: 1549 Re:Magnetic bolts 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Yes, I did both and I just used the brass washers.   Logged     Last Edit: 2008/08/14 12:42 By SobaCracka.   Earl in Catonsville, MD   The administrator has disabled public write access. #108892 Clifford (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 502 Re:Magnetic bolts 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Both bolts are the same. You need a seal of some sort under the bolt head; whether it is plastic or fiber or soft metal doesn't matter. Clifford   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #108899 slyguy (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1174 Re:Magnetic bolts 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   sorry, so this leads to the question, why buy a different washer if the bolt comes with a plastic one?   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108904 Cougar (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2703 Re:Magnetic bolts 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   I bought mine at Advanced Auto as well, and the nylon washer that came with them worked fine .I also bought the washer that was packaged alone to use when you toss the original which is recommended after every oil change and it had a rubber gromet inside the brass washer.It leaked when I used it on the crankcase bolt as it overlapped a small rise in the surrounding metal around the drain bolt hole.It worked fine on the oil tank bolt.....Coug   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108906 Roadkill1962 (User) I have ADOS - Attention Defecit...Oh, Shiny! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1392 Re:Magnetic bolts 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Got two of the 14mm at Pep Boys for $2.49 a piece, and I used the plastic washers that came with them...work great, not a drop of oil leaking anywhere. Next change, I'll just pick up some crush gasket washer seal thingies... RK   Logged     Rome did not create a great empire by holding meetings; they did it by killing all who opposed them.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #108945 slezy (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 712 Re:Magnetic bolts 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   i found out about the magnectic plugs just after i changed my first oil,the brass washers is a good idea,the magnets from the computer wont yer computer quit workin   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access.

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