Rounded off drain plug

[SPYDERLK]

This was posted by the OP long ago, not sure which post exactly. It's a large file size, so I won't repost it, just the link. Look at this picture closely, then tell us how you'll get the punch and bit lined up square enough to do what you suggest.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...018-rounded-off-drain-plug-transdrainplug-jpg

Thank you for keeping track. By employing such discipline we would have been able to limit the thread to 30 or 40 posts having real pertinence.

 

[seahaven]

I actually had this kind of fun before- but it was the bronze drain plug in the bilge of a boat. I had surgery and had not removed the plug like I normally did. By the time I got to it, I had to break the ice and reach down into a foot of water below that to a plug that was out of sight and had to be removed by feel. That is when I really appreciated my brilliant decision in the spring to screw the plug in one more time with the rounded off head. "I'll worry about it later."
Finding something by feel doesn't work too well when you can't feel your hands at all.

 

[lilranch2001]

I personally do not like fluid extractors for the simple reason that it leaves a layer of sludge in the bottom of the crank case.
Removing the plug at the lowest point allows one to remove almost all sludge.

 

[seahaven]

It is absolutely preferable to drain rather than extract- unfortuantely, it can't be done with a lot of inboard boats short of pulling the engine.

 

[/pine]

It is absolutely preferable to drain rather than extract- unfortuantely, it can't be done with a lot of inboard boats short of pulling the engine.

A lot of marine engines have riser hoses that are plugged and vertical when running but can be bent down and opened to drain into a bilge or connected to a pump etc...some land machines use the same type of drain...

 

[Big Barn]

Didn't he extract the oil and do the change long ago? The point in getting the plug out is to flush the engine of any sludge or contaminates that may be lurking in the pan.

Tranny drain plug.

 

[LD1]

Wow, can't believe

 

[LD1]

It made 1500

 

[goeduck]

It made 1500

Old Sparc would be proud :thumbsup:

 

[lilranch2001]

Cheater!!!!