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Re: Trans plug

To: Triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Trans plug
From: mike@spitfire.stortek.com (Mike Ginter SA)
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 12:36:54 -0700
 
> > Every get to the point where NOTHING you try seems to go well? All I wanted 
>to
> > do was change th gearbox fluid....drained it, but now can't get that blasted
> > filler plug out! Even removed a seat and the trans cover to get better 
>access
> > and still it won't budge. To make matters worse, the lug is chewed up  and
> > rounded from the last guy to try this. Do you think they could have put this
> > plug in a worse spot? It would be awkward getting a wrench on it when it was
> > new. Ideas anyone?
> 
> I think the general consensus was to leave the darn thing alone and refill 
>through the 
> top cover. Another good answer was to weld or braise a "wing" or "T" to the 
>plug, to get 
> more leverage. I would imagine that the heat helps loosen it a bit, too....
> 
> The older Tr3 & TR2 had a cool dipstick on the top of the tranny...I guess 
>these folks 
> fill through that.....
> 

Two words:      Vice Grips
Two more words: New Drain Plug

Mike
79 Spit

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