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Date:         Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:07:22 -0800
Reply-To:     Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tranny Oil, a new tool!
Comments: To: Bob O'Shaughnessy <oshaug@INFINET.COM>, vanagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <199802260315.WAA09930@mail1.infinet.com>
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At 10:15 PM 2/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>     I changed the tranny oil in my 85 last weekend, and made a bit of a
>discovery:
>
>     Lo and Behold!  There was the answer:  A head nut!  It is the right
>size hex, deep enough that I could get it into each of the plugs while
>turning with a 17mm combo wench, and shallow enough to not bump into the
>exhaust pipe or interfere with the shift rod.
>
VW Lug bolts (male) also work - just thread on two nuts and tighten against
each other; insert head in hex bolt, wrench on the nuts.


Austin
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