Best way. Take it to welder and weld a piece of square stock to the plug,
unscrew.
Another way. Spray liquid wrench on the plug, drill a hole and use easy-out to
unscrew. Drain to get shavings out
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy

Shawn Wright wrote:

> On 15 Apr 2001, at 18:06, Joel Walker wrote:
>
> > > 1. Drop the tranny so I can use even more brute force on the
> > (*#&$(#$
> > > plug, perhaps destroying the entire newly rebuilt tranny in the
> > process.
> >
> > out of curiosity, how would that destroy the tranny? all it means is
> > that you'd have a lot of extra work ... but you'd gain a lot of easier
> > access to the plug.
>
> Well, I figured if I'd buggered it up this much already, chances are I'd
> do something even worse if I could get a real big hammer on it...
>
> > > 2. Find some other orifice through which I can pour my 3 litres of
> > > Amsoil synthetic, and try to forget about the horribly mangled plug,
> > as I
> > > should never have to drain it again.
> >
> > no other hole that i know of. :(  the only way i know of to get it out
> > is to drill two holes into the plug, across from each other (and NOT
> > all the way through the plug! don't want metal shavings inside the
> > tranny), and put steel pins in the holes, then put a steel bar between
> > the pins and use that to rotate the plug. not easy at all, especially
> > with the tranny in the bus ... access is very limited under there.
>
> So the shift selector shaft cover (with the reverse light wires on it) won't
> do the trick? It appears that it might from the Bentley, as it looks as if
> the shaft will pull right out through the side. I'm afraid of pulling the
> shaft unless I know it'll go back in though...
>
> > i know it's a stupid suggestion at this point, but are you sure you
> > were turning the plug in the right direction? i really mangled an oil
> > filter once that way ... cause i was turning it the wrong direction.
> > just one of those days, i guess. :(
>
> Well, I was turning counter clockwise, same as the drain plug. What
> really pisses me off is why this thing is so damned tight - the book calls
> for 14 ft-lb! I expect Autospiel would have done it, since they had it
> apart last.
>
> I could try drilling holes, but I'm doubtful I could get enough leverage on
> two small pins - I had a two foot bar on the 17mm socket before it
> finally destroyed the hex pattern.
>
> If I can't find out about the shaft from the list, maybe I'll call Autospiel
> and see what they say about pouring oil in the selector shaft hole...
>
> Shawn Wright, I.T. Manager
> Shawnigan Lake School
> swright@SLS.bc.ca
> http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
> http://www.sls.bc.ca