[TR] A Type OD Notched Drain Plug Tool

[Tony Drews]

For the OD, I just use a big *ss pipe wrench.  It hasn't buggered it 
up, surprisingly.  After finding pieces of overdrive in the screen a 
couple of years ago, I pull it after every racing season.

- Tony Drews

At 06:32 PM 3/13/2009, terryrs at comcast.net wrote:

>I've avoided draining the OD oil, cleaning the filter, and replacing 
>with new oil.
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>So...the notched OD drain plug requires a special tool.  I don't 
>want to have to fabricate something if these are available 
>relatively inexpensively anywhere.  Just don't see one in the Moss 
>catalog.  ...Or, is there a generic workaround using some common 
>tool device that won't bugger up the brass plug?  It's over $80 to 
>replace, which would make it a (money) drain plug.
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>Heh heh.
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>Oh, by the way, how do you clean the filter.  Gas okay?
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>Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
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>New Hampshire
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