Try first tightening the plug, to just turn it very slightly (less than 1 degree). Sometimes you will hear a "crack" as it unseizes, then back out. I've loosened many a stuck bolt this way, and did this on my tranny plug last fall. An old mechanic's trick. alias Fred aka Bleu Schtroumpf
-----Original Message----- From: Thomas D. Hanlon [mailto:hanran@EARTHLINK.NET] Sent: 12 mai, 2002 23:18 To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: How to remove transmission fill plug?
Listees, In working on the pristine, recently-rebuilt, 091/1 transmission which I have just removed from my newly-aquired 84 GL parts van, I have had no luck in attempts to loosen the fill plug. I have the correct 17 mm hex wrenches in two configurations and a a breaker bar. I've attempted the Bulley "200 taps method," and I've applied Liquid Wrench. Does anyone have a method to solve this problem? Tom Hanlon Palm Springs, CS 84 Westfalia |
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