<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I have a couple of those, 6-8" I believe, might try that before the pipe wrench. Thx<br><br>Sent from my VIC-64</div><div><br>On May 2, 2016, at 8:10 AM, Geo Hahn <<a href="mailto:ahwahneetr@gmail.com">ahwahneetr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Perhaps not the common tool it once was but the old 'Monkey Wrench' is what I use for that nut:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_wrench">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_wrench</a></div><div><br></div><div>The on e I have is labeled 'Ford' - probably out of an old Model A tool kit. File image:</div><div><br></div><div><img width="471" height="179" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/004/0/5022161/il_570xN.367835942_6i0a.jpg"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 7:08 PM, <a href="mailto:Wbeech@flash.net">Wbeech@flash.net</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wbeech@flash.net" target="_blank">wbeech@flash.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I don't have a notched plug, so I shouldn't need that scary socket. I tried a 32mm socket, too big, and a 30mm socket, too small. So I'll see if I can find goldilocks somewhere tomorrow. Hate put a pipe wrench on it, last option.<br>
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On Apr 30, 2016, at 10:18 AM, Randall <<a href="mailto:TR3driver@ca.rr.com">TR3driver@ca.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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</span><div><div class="h5">> 1. Have learned that the transmission and O/D use the same<br>
> oil reservoir so is the Red Line MT90 that I really love for<br>
> the trans is OK in the O/D unit?<br>
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MT-90 works fine for me. I even contacted Redline tech support and that's what they recommended.<br>
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> 2. I have drained the trans from the normal plug, do I drain<br>
> the O/D from that big brass plug?<br>
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Yes. There is a screen inside, and perhaps some magnets, that should be cleaned as well. On earlier units, you remove a small<br>
screw with a flat washer and spacer, to get the screen out. On later units it just pulls out (or falls out from it's own weight if<br>
things are pretty clean).<br>
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> 3. If #2 is yes, Do I have to be careful of anything that may<br>
> come out, i.e. springs or seals, when I remove the plug?<br>
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There's a big fiber washer that seals the plug. Not usually a problem, but check that it is not damaged before you reuse it. I had<br>
one split and cause a leak that was hard to find. Wouldn't hurt to have a spare on hand (P/N 500641).<br>
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Main thing to be careful of, IMO, is the plug itself. Brass is fairly soft, and it's easy to distort the plug, especially if you<br>
have the later one with the notches and try to use a drift in one notch to turn it. Here's a photo of the two tools I've made to<br>
turn the later type:<br>
<a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/user/TR3driver/media/Tools/DSCF0007_lighter.jpg.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://s258.photobucket.com/user/TR3driver/media/Tools/DSCF0007_lighter.jpg.html</a><br>
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The one in the background is just a heavy iron bar (sold at Home Depot as a stake for concrete forms) that was drilled and tapped<br>
for a couple of bolts, then the bolts were filed to suit the plug notches. It worked OK, but a bit hard to get positioned on the<br>
car.<br>
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The big socket with notches milled into it to form the teeth worked better, but I wish I had made it shorter so it would have less<br>
of a tendency to twist. I forget the size offhand, but the socket was on eBay, used to adjust wheel bearing nuts on a truck axle.<br>
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For the earlier type, I just found a heavy (impact) 6 point socket to fit, and filed down the end so it grabbed as much of the hex<br>
as possible. Seems like maybe it was a 35mm socket (sold for CV joints on FWD cars), but I'm not certain of the size offhand.<br>
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-- Randall<br>
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