I have that feeling I'll be doing the same thing soon as I just started driving the truck. I was thinking of replacing the plug with an aviation quick drain if they are the same size. Some are pretty much flush-mount.

http://www.skygeek.com/qudrva.html

In airplanes they are placed in the lowest part of the fuel tank and fuel system to check for and/or remove impurities.

I used aircraft fuel tank epoxy to seal 3 pencil lead size holes in my tank, so far so good.