New oil drain plug $53 !
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8 years ago
:ohmy: :unsure: Wanted to finally get around to replacing our gearbox oil drain torx type plug with the newer hex head plug.
Saw it was $53 at CPS .
I Thought ...
.." I know Rotax parts ain't cheap, but that's just has to be a mistake."
No mistake. That's the price .
I generally don't cut corners on maintenance or parts, but having trouble getting my head around paying fifty buck for a plug that isn't a one-off hand machined out of titanium with a diamond inset, and autographed by the Pope. If I iPad $53 I'd feel like I was supporting organized crime. ;-)
Any way to get the exact specs ...thread, etc...on that plug so I can try to find an equivalent (there are hundreds of vendors of magnetic drain plugs selling well below $20)?
Saw it was $53 at CPS .
I Thought ...
.." I know Rotax parts ain't cheap, but that's just has to be a mistake."
No mistake. That's the price .
I generally don't cut corners on maintenance or parts, but having trouble getting my head around paying fifty buck for a plug that isn't a one-off hand machined out of titanium with a diamond inset, and autographed by the Pope. If I iPad $53 I'd feel like I was supporting organized crime. ;-)
Any way to get the exact specs ...thread, etc...on that plug so I can try to find an equivalent (there are hundreds of vendors of magnetic drain plugs selling well below $20)?
