Rounded off drain plug

[4570Man]

I read the first 5 pages thinking how could this thread get to 41 pages to remove a bolt. Kan稚 Do has had the problem for over 3 months now.

I have never drained the oil out of my Mercedes and have 272k miles on it.

I assume this tractor has a dip stick? Use an oil extractor pump. Small plastic tube down the tube...apply vacuum and done. Simple, and little or no mess. KISS

Got mine from Northern Tool...Mity Vac

I tried that on my mom’s 2015 suburban because I didn’t have a catch pan to hold the 8 quarts.The stupid thing ( I hate that car) had a stopper at the end of the dipstick hole and I couldn’t get the hose through the bottom.

 

[Sebculb]

Rebar would likely bend.

yeah you're right, guess i meant like a little piece of rebar or square bar or whatever that you can grab with vicegrips or a monkey or pipe wrench, just something that you could really grab onto with no difficulty. the heat too...

 

[goeduck]

Monkey wrench, now there is a description I have not heard in a while. I have a couple of monkey wrenches but do not use them much.

 

[Sebculb]

yeah, you just need a good 11 KW generator to run it, or buy a welder/generator..

nuh-unh. little cheap inverter welders run off a light socket 15-20 amps. never popped a breaker with mine and it goes up to 200 amps. I agree if you've got to find a welder and a generator it gets to being a pain in the ***. I've never tried it, but has anyone ever seen people weld with a car battery? I bet you could stick that thing with a big battery, a jumper cable and one 6013 stick problem solved.

 

[Sebculb]

Monkey wrench, now there is a description I have not heard in a while. I have a couple of monkey wrenches but do not use them much.

monkeys need wrenches too

 

[goeduck]

I read the first 5 pages thinking how could this thread get to 41 pages to remove a bolt. Kan稚 Do has had the problem for over 3 months now.

I have never drained the oil out of my Mercedes and have 272k miles on it.

I assume this tractor has a dip stick? Use an oil extractor pump. Small plastic tube down the tube...apply vacuum and done. Simple, and little or no mess. KISS

Got mine from Northern Tool...Mity Vac

What model Mercedes?

 

[newbury]

I read the first 5 pages thinking how could this thread get to 41 pages to remove a bolt. Kan稚 Do has had the problem for over 3 months now.

I have never drained the oil out of my Mercedes and have 272k miles on it.

I assume this tractor has a dip stick? Use an oil extractor pump. Small plastic tube down the tube...apply vacuum and done. Simple, and little or no mess. KISS

Got mine from Northern Tool...Mity Vac

Great idea, suggested WAY back on post #120 and jumped on by a lot of people as something that will cause cancer in small children and plague.

I know a lot of people use mityvacs for engine oil and transmission oil change. Could that work here to get the old fluid out?

I've used my little HF $5 hand pump to take a half quart out of my VW when they vastly overfilled it.

 

[airbiscuit]

monkeys need wrenches too

And idiots need lights.

 

[kthompson]

Google is selling the info to Russia so they can convince all the tractor people here to buy Russian made tractors. lol Probably making them without drain plug, using a petcock.

 

[goeduck]

Google is selling the info to Russia so they can convince all the tractor people here to buy Russian made tractors. lol Probably making them without drain plug, using a petcock.

I could accept a petcock before I could accept a Russian tractor.