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Anonymous · 12-14-2003

Dear fellow forum members!I am just facing a kind of bubba problem and a General rip-off (of my purse....) What happened? I wanted to perform my spring oil change the weekend and am looking at an oil pan draining screw that some bubba has tightened by using a big (!) vise !!! So in fact the head of the plug is in perfect round shape – unacceptable on my car!But guess what – I called GM in Germany, my local dealer – and asked for the draining screw.Lucky me that I was sitting when he quoted the price to me: 24 US$ a piece!!! (and he confirmed that the screw was NOT 24K Gold....)(Besides that the screw will be shipped in from GMÂ´s Sweden storage facility.......)Question: Has anybody already changed his screw? What alternatives are available for the replacement of the screw? What thread size is the plug?This GM guy really made my day........ 

12-14-2003	#1
Anonymous Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 491	Oil pan drain plug question Dear fellow forum members!I am just facing a kind of bubba problem and a General rip-off (of my purse....) What happened? I wanted to perform my spring oil change the weekend and am looking at an oil pan draining screw that some bubba has tightened by using a big (!) vise !!! So in fact the head of the plug is in perfect round shape – unacceptable on my car!But guess what – I called GM in Germany, my local dealer – and asked for the draining screw.Lucky me that I was sitting when he quoted the price to me: 24 US$ a piece!!! (and he confirmed that the screw was NOT 24K Gold....)(Besides that the screw will be shipped in from GMÂ´s Sweden storage facility.......)Question: Has anybody already changed his screw? What alternatives are available for the replacement of the screw? What thread size is the plug?This GM guy really made my day........ 