Drain Plug Receptacle

[kaylix]

Has anyone replaced the plastic female drain plug on your boat with a metal one?
My plastic threads wear easily and I'd really like to upgrade to metal

 

[johhnyboat]

I have, some one on the site sell an insert for a "drain plug light". You could just use a universal drain plug instead. I used 4200 to make it a more "permanent" solution.

 

[Nexus]

I replaced my drains with this:

The Acme-2 DRAIN FLANGE LIGHT (YAMAHA AND OTHER APPLICATIONS)

The Acme-2 2400 lumen high power LED drain light fixture. Made of 6061 marine grade solid billet aluminum. This fits most Yamaha boats but NOT all, look at all the photos. Send a picture or request a mounting template to be sure. The LED fixture will be black anodized. This light replaces...

boatpluglight.com

But the replacement plug is plastic. I replaced them late last summer so I have no idea how durable they are.

It wasn't very difficult so you could probably easily replace it with something like this:

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