Oil drain valve

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1200ts

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Time to get rid of the drain plug and fit a drain valve. I have these fitted to a number of cars and it makes draining the oil much easier and no mess. This will be the first bike I have put one on. A 1983 RGS.

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I regularly drag my exhaust collector on the gutter crossing into my yard, Not sure about adding another hook point. How secure is its activation lever? I like my really strong magnetic std one.
 
The drain valve sits above the height of the collector. The also make a shorter one without the nipple if I have a problem.

The lever has a spring loaded lock so some force to open the valve is required. Also (not in the picture) is a clip that provides an additional lock to make sure the valve does no open by itself.

Now if only I could figure out a way to get to the oil strainer without having to remove the exhaust.
 
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I put these in every car or truck I have owned with an alloy oil pan. Now there is no chance of cross threading or stripping the plug if I do not do the oil change myself.
 
Yeah, I quite like thinking that my magnetic drain plug is helping something.
Although having a drain that doesn’t pour over the exhaust would be nice too 🤔
 
LOUIS market a system by STAHLBUS that incorporates a push system that on connecting an adaptor hose allows oil to be drained without plug removal.

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Stahlbus Stahlbus Öl-Ablassventil günstig kaufen bei Louis. Top Marken ✓ Große Auswahl ✓ Kein Risiko ✓ Sichere Zahlung ✓ 2 Jahre Rückgaberecht ✓ Kostenlose Rücksendung ✓
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As Gerald mentions though, as with the other system, it does not incorporate a magnet.
 
russo011 said:
LOUIS market a system by STAHLBUS that incorporates a push system that on connecting an adaptor hose allows oil to be drained without plug removal.

Stahlbus Stahlbus Öl-Ablassventil günstig | Louis 🏍️

Stahlbus Stahlbus Öl-Ablassventil günstig kaufen bei Louis. Top Marken ✓ Große Auswahl ✓ Kein Risiko ✓ Sichere Zahlung ✓ 2 Jahre Rückgaberecht ✓ Kostenlose Rücksendung ✓
www.louis.at www.louis.at
As Gerald mentions though, as with the other system, it does not incorporate a magnet.
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Put a magnet in the "oil filter" thing.
Paul
 
if you are g0ing to do it, do it right, put a 90 degree male/female elbow in the casting and then a Doughty (might be Dowty) male threaded coupling, self seals, no levers or bell cranks, then get the male portion and about 18" of hose, Bob's your fathers brother. push the male portion into the coupling female and oil will piss out of the hose faster than you can get it in a bucket, cost about a tenner (or 11.273.5 Euros)can will hold 1000's psi as it is for hydrauilc quick connections. best places for Joe public to buy would be an agricutural merchant. Every hydraulic machine fitted onto a tractor three point linkeage will have the female (sometimes up to four) on the tractor and the flex pipes will have the mail, eg tiping trailer, hedge cutter, log splitter, Jota crusher, power harrow etc.
CLEM
 
Interesting idea. The first oil change I did on my Jota, the bloody drain plug thread stripped when I re-installed the plug. It was barely more than finger tight when the thread fell apart. I suspect the previous owner had over-tightened it one too many times. Rather than pull the engine to fix it, I bored and re-tapped it a larger thread from underneath to minimise swarf getting into the sump. An external fitting would reduce the likelihood of it ever stripping again, but having something sticking out of the bottom of the engine would bother me, even though it's protected by the exhaust pipes.
 
CLEMTOG said:
if you are g0ing to do it, do it right, put a 90 degree male/female elbow in the casting and then a Doughty (might be Dowty) male threaded coupling, self seals, no levers or bell cranks, then get the male portion and about 18" of hose, Bob's your fathers brother. push the male portion into the coupling female and oil will piss out of the hose faster than you can get it in a bucket, cost about a tenner (or 11.273.5 Euros)can will hold 1000's psi as it is for hydrauilc quick connections. best places for Joe public to buy would be an agricutural merchant. Every hydraulic machine fitted onto a tractor three point linkeage will have the female (sometimes up to four) on the tractor and the flex pipes will have the mail, eg tiping trailer, hedge cutter, log splitter, Jota crusher, power harrow etc.
CLEM
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Up to four females on a tractor?
Paul
 
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