Hey Duc, take the one out of the rodchange box you took off....!
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| Author: | 68matic [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:23 pm ] |
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changed moke oil today sump plug has no magnet in it i poked around with a magnet stick and hurled a heap of crap out Dr said they should have one get a new one that goes for all of you |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:30 pm ] |
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Hey Duc, take the one out of the rodchange box you took off....!
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| Author: | 68matic [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:30 pm ] |
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nah it didnt fit mate ill look around can i drive around another 500 ish miles without a magnet should i araldite a magnet onto the outside somewhere |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:50 pm ] |
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500 miles won't hurt it.. Anyhow if you get one to put in you won't lose the oil, if you're quick! 
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| Author: | 9YaTaH [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:56 pm ] |
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68matic wrote: nah it didnt fit mate ill look around
can i drive around another 500 ish miles without a magnet should i araldite a magnet onto the outside somewhere Nah, unless you put one of those manetic straps around the outside of the oil filter housing, ohhh, and don't forget the polariser that goes with it!! I am interested in the Niobium (spell?) rare earth magnets you fit inside the filter housing....anyone got those??? 
Why don't you see if there is enough meat to drill and tap, or try and temporarily attach (glue) a magnet to the existing sump plug? Have you tried jacking the car up really high on the passengers side? or parking sideways ona suitable slope? to see if the magnet will dislodge and float down to the sump plug area? Bit of a worry having an inch of magnet rolling around in there... 
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:00 pm ] |
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I doubt the magnet is in there, would have caught a gear by now... ouch! I stick 20mm dia x 10mm thick `rare earth' (neomiidium or something) magnets to the outside of the spin-on filter. They hold themselves on like a limpet. Yes these DO work. They trap all the stuff below 20 microns? that goes thru the filter paper repeatedly. I know this, 'coz I cut one up for a look. No polarizers needed...
Magnets from http://www.aussiemagnets.com.au/rare_earth.html Enjoy! <edit> while we're talking sump plugs, if you are running a centre oil pickup pipe (like me) the extended sump plug magnet from MiniSpares is a good idea. Picks up more sh!t.. See http://www.minispares.com/web/Item/DP1/InvDetail.cfm
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:22 pm ] |
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68matic wrote: nah it didnt fit mate ill look around
can i drive around another 500 ish miles without a magnet should i araldite a magnet onto the outside somewhere What do you mean didn't fit? All Minis have the same plug... maybe somebody's tapped it out non -standard??? I bought one once where somebody had smashed the corner of the box- the sump plug was a bit of hardwood driven in by a BFH! No magnet... but it didn't leak!
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| Author: | 68matic [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:30 pm ] |
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yeh i noticed the outer thread of the box was pretty bad, arcs of metal were stringing off the inner thread was pretty good and yeh, the plug is like a huge hex bolt. no internal hollow for magnets hehehe i laugh like a naughty school girl when i hear BFH (big ****ing hammer) i never want to know the real unabbreviation |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:58 pm ] |
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If I knew what the thread was now, I could make you one with a magnet in. Sounds like it's been butchered.. 
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| Author: | 68matic [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:09 pm ] |
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no worries ill make do with a speaker magnet strapped on the side/bottom of the oil filter thanksch fellasch |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:15 pm ] |
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It'll help, but won't stop bits of Mini gearbox (gears, synchros, bearings, etc) going thru the oil pump... Try and find another plug/bolt the same, and get it to me. I'll fit a rare earth magnet stronger than the stock one into it. For nix.... 
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| Author: | 68matic [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:18 pm ] |
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thanks doc will look out for some hooooge bolts |
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Sun Aug 15, 2004 9:10 pm ] |
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I took mine out today. This motor had been sitting for 2 years. Ran well before sitting for that period. The magnet was covered in filings!  What parts are likely to wear and cause filings in the sump?
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sun Aug 15, 2004 9:13 pm ] |
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Oh, just the gears, bearings, synchros, piston rings, bits of the bores & crank... not much really.
If the sump plug magnet didn't catch it, it goes thru the oil pump...
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:52 am ] |
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| yea I figured all that....
Just wondered if there was one part in particular that left more crud on the magnet than others. Anyway, I reckon its syncros in my box. It was a little crunchy gindy when I drove it
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