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> From: Banbury, Terrence
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 11:37 AM
> To: 'Terry L. Thompson'
> Subject: RE: Outtie Oil Pan Plug
>
> Terry, I just changed my oil two days ago and ran in to the same
> situation. I used, believe it or not, a "Clench Wrench" (Craftsman..Bob
> Vila...all that). I wouldn't even have the thing but it came with a set
> of "Click Wrench" open ends I recently bought to round out my collection.
> Now, I'm not one of these space-age tool nuts who buys anything that comes
> down the pike (I hadn't bought any mechanic's tools in a decade). It is a
> clever tool, though; the more force you apply to the handle, more the
> "gripping" force is applied to the nut (plug) and it "adjusts" the same
> way a pair of pliers "adjusts". In other words it fits all sizes within a
> given range. My plug was slightly rounded on one edge to begin with, as
> well. I first tried the open ends, but wasn't comfortable with the poor
> fit. The only tricky part is finding the right "seating" for the Clench
> Wrench. Once you do, it does a fine job of it. They come on various
> sizes; the one I used is on the smaller side. Took me 20 minutes to do
> the oil and filter change. I'm sure there are other ways to get the job
> done. The "Click Wrench" open ends were handy, as well, for tightening
> the axle shaft yoke bolts, which can be a tedious job of an eighth turn,
> flip wrench, eighth turn, flip wrench...OK enough on Bob's tool box...
> TNB
>
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> From: Terry L. Thompson[SMTP:tlt@digex.net]
> Reply To: Terry L. Thompson
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 10:49 AM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Outtie Oil Pan Plug
>
>
> Listers,
> After stripping out my magnetic "innie" (recessed) hex type oil sump
> threaded plug,
> I took my car to the shop to have them extract that plug and they replaced
> it with
> an outtie (sticking-out) Square headed oil pan screw.
> What size is this bastard? I'm assuming that it's now the only metric
> sized
> item on
> the entire car. Is there some kind of oil-plug wrench that I forgot to
> purchase or something?
> And finally, when did the Marque DeSade (sp) start making replacement
> parts
> for Spitfires?
>
> Terry "w/bleeding knuckles" Thompson
> '76 Spitfire (over due for an oil change)
> maryland
>
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