Main oil gallery plug

[Tony Wohlers]

Can You brave member's in here tell me about the main oil gallery plug on the right side off the upper engine case--are this plug just polished or is it cromed.I think it's polished but i am not shure??
I have read Vic vorld's notice about painting the engine cases, and i think if looking around the startermotor the paintjob on my 1005948 is Honda made.

I have to clean the old engine paint of the cases, are the best solutions bead blasting with tiny plastic---

[kp]

Kawa900
I would suggest the plug is as it comes out of the die. Maybe polished but certainly not chromed.
Engine cases are best cleaned by blasting with a soft media. Vapour blasting is perfect for sandcast cases. KP

[markb]

Anyone know what size hex is on the plug?  I have two different sizes and I can't remember which one came off E100.

[kp]

17mm   Kawasaki 900 has the same plug  
That will be $20 and I do accept Pay Pal 

[hondasan]

17mm indeed. They were also fitted to die cast K0's which actually had three of them fitted (two additional ones in the underside of the lower) crankcase), which provides a possible alternative source of them.

As an aside, there appears to be at least two variations of the 17mm head oil gallery plug - ones which are solid, and ones which are recessed internally. E302 and E1106 both have the solid type.

Cheers - Chris R.

[Wayne]

576 was solid as well.

[kp]

Hey Mark, That's another $20 for Chris 

[markb]

I finally found one of my solid plugs.  One that I think it will clean up real nice.  Thanks for all your help.