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Date:         Wed, 2 Jul 2014 22:37:50 -0300
Reply-To:     Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
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From:         Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject:      Re: oil drain AHU diesel
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <C5B0AEE8-E880-41CF-BA5B-5F2E18DFAB5E@q.com>
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That's the bolt, but I find a suction pump does a better job of pulling out the old.

On 02-Jul-2014, at 22:11, Karl Wolz wrote:

> Drivers side, horizontal bolt goes on perpendicular to the direction of travel (unless you can talk your diesel into a four wheel drift). > > The bolt doesn't pull all the way out, but opens a hole in the bottom of the pan adjacent to the bolt. > > Karl Wolz > Sent from my electronic umbilicus > >> On Jul 2, 2014, at 5:29 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET> wrote: >> >> Hi there vanagaunts, >> >> Went to change the oil for the first time on my diesel conversion, AHU. >> >> Certainly not the standard oil drain plug anywhere to be seen. But a bolt with allen head in the side of the oil pan [I think it's the pan at least]. >> >> It appears to be a 5.5mm allen fit but man is it tight! >> >> Is this the oil drain on an AHU, is this the right size, and how hard should it be to get it out? I'm looking at using a small pipe wrench, which seems to me to be a bolt that is Way to tight, or it's not the drain plug at all. >> >> Anyone? >> >> Mike


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