Pontoon Boat Drain plug
 

I recently purchased a nice used pontoon boat. Now I'm looking for the 3/8
plastic pontoon drain plugs. No one around me seems to have 3/8 plastic
square head plugs. I'm near Kemah in Tx.

Any ideas on where to obtain these?

Pontoon Boat Drain plug
 

"Dave" wrote in message
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I recently purchased a nice used pontoon boat. Now I'm looking for the
3/8 plastic pontoon drain plugs. No one around me seems to have 3/8
plastic square head plugs. I'm near Kemah in Tx.

Any ideas on where to obtain these?

Does it look like a pipe plug? Maybe it is. If so try a hardware store
with a comprehensive plumbing department. DO NOT USE A BRASS OR GALVANIZED
PLUG IF IT SCREWS INTO AN ALUMINUM HOLE. Plain steel and brass both react
with aluminum. Worse comes to worse you can make some out of acetal delrin
if you can determine the correct thread pitch and type. Ok. I could make
some, or if you have a buddy who does machine work as a hobby he could make
some.

Pontoon Boat Drain plug
 

Does it look like a pipe plug? Maybe it is. If so try a hardware store
with a comprehensive plumbing department. DO NOT USE A BRASS OR
GALVANIZED PLUG IF IT SCREWS INTO AN ALUMINUM HOLE. Plain steel and brass
both react with aluminum. Worse comes to worse you can make some out of
acetal delrin if you can determine the correct thread pitch and type. Ok.
I could make some, or if you have a buddy who does machine work as a hobby
he could make some.


Well.... I shopped and shopped and could not find what I needed.
I ended up drilling out the threads to fit a 5/8 compression plug.

The hole was sized for 3/8 plugs but had to use a 5/8 drill bit to get the
threads drilled out.


Thanks for the help tho.

Pontoon Boat Drain plug
 

On Sat, 14 May 2011 14:33:25 -0500, "Dave"
wrote:

Does it look like a pipe plug? Maybe it is. If so try a hardware store
with a comprehensive plumbing department. DO NOT USE A BRASS OR
GALVANIZED PLUG IF IT SCREWS INTO AN ALUMINUM HOLE. Plain steel and brass
both react with aluminum. Worse comes to worse you can make some out of
acetal delrin if you can determine the correct thread pitch and type. Ok.
I could make some, or if you have a buddy who does machine work as a hobby
he could make some.


Well.... I shopped and shopped and could not find what I needed.
I ended up drilling out the threads to fit a 5/8 compression plug.

The hole was sized for 3/8 plugs but had to use a 5/8 drill bit to get the
threads drilled out.


Thanks for the help tho.


That sounds very much like 3/8" pipe which has an O.D. of .675"

Cheers,

Bruce

Pontoon Boat Drain plug
 

"Bruce" wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 May 2011 14:33:25 -0500, "Dave"
wrote:

Does it look like a pipe plug? Maybe it is. If so try a hardware store
with a comprehensive plumbing department. DO NOT USE A BRASS OR
GALVANIZED PLUG IF IT SCREWS INTO AN ALUMINUM HOLE. Plain steel and
brass
both react with aluminum. Worse comes to worse you can make some out of
acetal delrin if you can determine the correct thread pitch and type.
Ok.
I could make some, or if you have a buddy who does machine work as a
hobby
he could make some.


Well.... I shopped and shopped and could not find what I needed.
I ended up drilling out the threads to fit a 5/8 compression plug.

The hole was sized for 3/8 plugs but had to use a 5/8 drill bit to get the
threads drilled out.


Thanks for the help tho.


That sounds very much like 3/8" pipe which has an O.D. of .675"

That's what I was thinking. I was also going to suggest checking out a
Ranger boat dealer. Ranger bass boats have a screw in bilge plug, but I
don't know what size.