Greetings,
Mr. jleonard. From MY memory (poor) as well, I think there's plenty of room beneath and around the drain plug. As I've tried, and believe me I've tried, there's just no way to get a sufficiently large recovery vessel into and out of that space without spillage.
ONE, and possibly the MOST significant problem as I see it is drilling the existing hole larger. I would HAVE to take off the water pump in order to get a "straight shot" with a drill and when hand drilling there is ALWAYS the possibility of going off square. Then there's the maximum limit I could drill out on that "tab" the drain plug is fitted into. I'd still have to have enough flat surface left on the tab to effect a seal of the Al/Cu gasket if using a banjo fitting.
Just had another thought....If I mill off the tab, the actual case of the pump may not be thick enough to re-tap....
Oh, and the dropsies (common).......hahahahaha
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