Re: Question about timing hole plug on the tranny...

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

The draining plug at the bottom of the tranny is 17mm... is that what you mean?
    -Josiah
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Anthony Pelletier wrote:

> Date:          Fri, 09 Oct 1998 14:40:02 -0400
> To:            Ilias Glavinas <elias@tesla.wustl.edu>
> From:          "John C. Worden" <scirocco@midmaine.com>
> Subject:       Re: Question about timing hole plug on the tranny...
> Cc:            scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>
> At 12:28 PM 10/8/98 -0500, Ilias Glavinas wrote:
>
> I bought a 27mm allen socket at a local forign auto store for like $7
> it works great and you can also use it for the draing plug at the
> bottom of the tranny(which is what I bought it for)
> later
> Tony
>
>  >
>
> >I have an 85. The f&(*&# green fluorescent plug on the tranny will simply
> >not come out (I have even started to chip it by trying to take it off).
> >
> >Luckily I have another plug from my (now dead) 9A tranny, however, I
> >still have to take the other plug off, and I could by totally destroying
> >it but then the pieces will fall inside the clutch area.
> >
> >I have decided to break down and buy a huge allen wrench to remove it.
> >
> I had this problem too.  Here's what I did(and it was cheaper too).  Buy a
> bolt that has a head the size of the allen wrench you were going to buy.
> Get one that is 3" or 4" long, and get the nut too.  Then weld the nut to
> the end of the bolt, or if you don't have access to a welder drill a hole
> through the nut and bolt and put in a roll pin.  Then put the one end into
> the plug and with an ajustable wrench on the other it will come out.  I put
> anti-sieze on it after it came out. Works good and will save you a few
> bucks too.
>
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