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Old 08-18-2008, 04:44 PM   #365 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Oil Doc View Post
You asked about buying magnetic drain bolt...

if the bolt is long enough to get a few wraps of wire (22 ga is telephone wire) just wrap it around the bolt leaving a tail on each end and flash your battery with the ends.. it will magnetize whatever steel you have wrapped the wire around..

It is jst like making a coil.

Doc

Cool little trick How long will it stay magnetized, or do you have to do this every time you remove the bolt?
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