Thanks for all the tips, everyone. It turned out to be
a 9mm hex head. No idea where that would have come
from. I went out last night and bought two sets of
long shaft allen keys (metric and imperial) thinking
that *one* of them would at least fit. The 9mm did,
but it was on so tight I had to wrench it with my foot
to loosen it.
I picked up a 7/16" square head replacement (that's
all I could get last night) since the hex had been
stripped a bit (part of the reason why the allen key
wouldn't go in easy).
Cameron
'71 GT6
--- Cameron Rooke <beaker211@rogers.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I went to do my first oil change on my '71 GT6 last
> night and ran into a problem straight away. I had
> never looked at the drain plug before, but it is one
> that takes a male wrench. And I don't have any
> wrenches for this (yet). Would anyone know what size
> it is? Square or hex (hex I think but I couldn't
> tell
> for sure last night in my poorly lit, cramped,
> unheated garage). The oil pressure relief valve has
> a
> female hex head, so I would suspect the drain plug
> is
> the same. Yes?
>
> I am going to replace it with a male plug right away
> if I can. Can one get those from a regular auto
> parts
> store or are they special threads and I have to buy
> from the specialty shops?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cameron
> '71 GT6
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