Wanted T16 Hull Drain plugs

andrew honychurch · #1 16-02-11, 21:23

Can anyone please help me with some screw in plugs for the bottom of the T16 hull. They are 2 5/8 - 20 NF thread and have a recess in the front with a T bar across it to grab hold of to crew in and out. I am in need of about 6 of these . There must be a load of them somewhere!

Also, interested in any other T16 parts especially NOS. thx in advance Andrew.honychurch@btinternet.com

kevin powles · #2 16-02-11, 22:24

check out the 'tommy stuff' website he has some on there.

kevin.

andrew honychurch · #3 16-02-11, 23:19

Thanks Kevin. I had seen these a long while ago and forgotten about them. As you will appreciate they are not correct in that they are hexagonal, but if I cannot find any of the originals its a good plan. I have sent off an e mail to find out more. cheers Andrew

horsa · #4 17-02-11, 00:55

Andrew already knew about the ersatz hull plugs on my site. Ray, another T-16 owner here in the USA made them for my vehicle. They are functional but not visually correct. I only have them in locations that are completely under the vehicle so they aren't easy to see even if you try.

The original hull plugs were a Ford part designed for their Deerhound armoured car which wasn't adopted for government contract production. There must be spare plugs out there somewhere but so far they haven't turned up in bulk.

I'm also interested in finding decent condition originals so consider me second in line behind Andrew if any turn up

andrew honychurch · #5 17-02-11, 08:37

thanks for the information David. They will suit me perfectly as an interim measure . I just want to avoid any mud and rubbish getting thrown up inside the vehicle after I have painted it.

andrew honychurch · #6 18-02-11, 19:24

I followed this up with Ray who could manufacture me some plugs but to be honest, as he is in the US, it would be as well to make them up here in the UK. I remain pretty hopeful of trying to find some originals though. Please have a think if you know of any, it will finish off the restoration just right. thx

Lynn Eades · #7 18-02-11, 19:45

A picture might help.

andrew honychurch · #8 18-02-11, 20:02

I quite agree here are three! thanks

Richard Farrant · #9 18-02-11, 20:06

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Originally Posted by andrew honychurch

I quite agree here are three! thanks

Andrew,

They look very similar to the bungs in a 45 gallon oil drum..............you don't think they might be the same size and thread ? Just a thought

andrew honychurch · #10 19-02-11, 00:58

you are right Richard. They do indeed look like 50 gallon drums stoppers but I doubt they are the same. Unfortunately they have a non standard thread, whcih is 2 5/8 - 24 UNF. Its worth trying but I am sure the thread on the drums would be much coarser. My simple assumption is that if each T16 has 8, and there were several thousand T16's with all the spares there must be a lot of these around somewhere. Anyway, the engineer has made a great job of the females, all I need is the males to fit into them.

andrew honychurch · #11 20-02-11, 16:44

thanks Stuart, a thought I have already mulled over. The onlky tricky thing here is that I would need to get these screw cut, as it is a non standard thread, and it would be trickly, although not impossible, to hold these in the lathe. You can perhaps understand my desire to try to find some plugs as NOS. Will take a look at the diameter of oil drum plugs, but I think they are about 2 inch whereas the thread size is 2 5/8. thanks Andrew