Gerard
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I was just about to fire up a 1275 I've completely rebuilt and while cranking to get oil pressure, discovered that the front oil gallery plug is leaking profusely. The machine shop installed new ones. I had a feeling I should have just left the old ones, but you can't really get the block clean without pulling them. This has never happened to me before. Anyway, I have this thing all set up on a test stand and don't want to completely disassemble things and haul it back to the shop, so I'm wondering, since it's accessible without taking anything apart, if there is anything that be done to stake this one better. If not, my other thought is to yank it out and thread the hole for a pipe plug. I can't locate the two I pulled out of another block I have, so I'm wondering if anyone can give me the correct size I need to do this.