Rounded off drain plug

[radios1]

Is it time to change the user name to Kan'tdo?:laughing:

Possibly, or maybe "Idon'tCare" as he seems to be happy pumping out the oil that he can, and just leaving the nasty, degraded, and metal flake fluid at the bottom of the pan, which will get splashed on the gears!.

 

[sixdogs]

FSU Alumni are better. My beer money is still on Kando. Im now thinking the plug is cross threaded and whoever put it in last used a cheater on the wrench to keep it from leaking.

My money is on Kando as well. He has, however, been grinding on the edges of that plug and that increases the odds that when he finally does get a wrench onto it that bites, it will or could shear off the gripping portion of the exposed part of the plug. Were that to happen the mission will shift from how to remove the rounded off drain plug to the issue of how to remove the stub of a formerly rounded off drain plug. That's a whole new set of mechanical thinking and that could go another 1500 pages. Who knows?

My repeated vote is to farm this job out to a shop or at least someone with experience. It's not a difficult task but it is if it's the first time you've done it. The first time I took my backhoe off it took me 90 minutes to get it back on. We all know the drill. The second time took me five minutes. Same for Kando. This task can go wrong pretty easy and become a bigger event. Farm it out is my free advice.

 

[goeduck]

Its been a while since I read this whole thread, and I do not remember.....
Has anyone confirmed that the OP has used "righty tighty, lefty loosy?"

This is NOT a political statement Wolfy!

That was brought up and Kando confirmed.

 

[goeduck]

Its been a while since I read this whole thread, and I do not remember.....
Has anyone confirmed that the OP has used "righty tighty, lefty loosy?"

This is NOT a political statement Wolfy!

Post 1385.

Certain i'm turning in the right direction. Same direction as the other 3 loosen. Wrong direction wasn't what broke it.

 

[lilranch2001]

ok
:thumbsup:

 

[goeduck]

ok
:thumbsup:

It did take 1385 posts before anyone thought to ask which is amazing in itself.

 

[SPYDERLK]

It did take 1385 posts before anyone thought to ask which is amazing in itself.

Wouldn't it be a hoot if for some odd reason that plug was a left handed thread and all this time he's been tightening it?

Well, we actually dont know which way hes been trying to turn it - - although its observably a right hand thread.

Waa-aay before that.​

 

[fried1765]

I am not arguing that a Knipex pliers are stronger than a similarly sized pipe wrench but I do believe the design and actuation of the jaws and teeth create more grip than a pipe wrench... again from my experience... no data, sorry. In fact, looking at Mc/I stress, a cheater pipe may fail the Knipex handle before a decent quality pipe wrench handle, but I don't think strength of the tool is the issue.

I will vote again for Knipex and heat. A little cheater won't hurt. Looking at the OP posted pics, I would say grip is the primary issue... let's get a better grip and add some heat.

Am I missing something here?
Steel when heated EXPANDS!
Expanding the plug size will make it come out easier?

 

[bcp]

The heat and expansion weakens the lock between the parts.

Bruce

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Am I missing something here?
Steel when heated EXPANDS!
Expanding the plug size will make it come out easier?

Perhaps after it cools?