>Crawled under the 81 to do my first oil change as a newbie and the oil >drain plug is stripped. Also the parts in the manual look different than >what's there it shows a bolt requiring an allen wrench and mine is just a >regular nut. > >Everything is spread out on my driveway and I can't get the damn oil drain >plug out! > >Should I just take it to a oil changer type place? I really want to do >this myself! It was probably an oil changer type place that screwed it up in the first place. Try a pair of vice grips and some Liquid Wrench. -Ron Salmon
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