Darwin:
Some problem with my trani filler plug (I do confess I
contributed to its final demise). Ended up cutting a center
slot into the end and used a wrecking bar with a screw driver
tip fashoined to the end. It will NEVER happen again.
Anyway, I bought the Gator grip and it did no good and
I haven't used it since.
Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6
The Browns wrote:
>
> Thanks to all who gave me suggestions on how to remove this stubborn plug.
> I tried several all suggestions, but removing the tranny and removing the
> tunnel cover to gain access. It would appear that previous owners/shops
> have rounded the square edges and distorted the stub. On close examination,
> it may be that the plug is cross threaded as well. I was looking in the
> Harbor freight catalog and noted a "Gator Grip" Universal Socket, which uses
> 54 pins to grips all types of nuts from 1/4" to 3/4". Has anyone used this
> tool? If it works like it says, maybe this might get this stubborn plug
> out.
> Darwin Brown
> '71 Stag
> '65 TR4
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Burdick <mburdick@netserv.unmc.edu>
> To: The Browns <thebrown@digital.net>
> Cc: Stag List <stag@digest.net>
> Date: Friday, July 24, 1998 10:25 AM
> Subject: Re: Transmission filler plug Help Needed
>
> >
> >On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, The Browns wrote:
> >
> >> surface. Why didn't they use a hex head, so that you could use a socket?
> >
> >It may be too late for you if the plug was rounded by your efforts with
> >the open-end wrench, but 8-point sockets work great on filler plugs.
> >
> >Mike Burdick
> >Omaha NE
> >'72 Stag
> >
> >
> >
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