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Date:         Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:51:50 -0500
Reply-To:     Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: removing oil drain plug
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <532AE74B-E49D-47B2-853B-D8E90A9220B1@cs.indiana.edu>
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An oversized plug has been installed. I usually just grind a 19mm socket until the walls are thin enough so it will fit and then use that for this job in the future.

Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com

Allan Streib wrote: > Arriving home tonight with the motor warm, I wanted to change the > oil. The drain plug head takes a 19mm wrench but all my sockets are > too big to fit into the recess in the case. Do you normally need a > special thin-wall socket to get the drain plug out? Or has someone > put an oversized plug in? > > Allan >


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