Sorry all - clarification - it IS a six sided plug -
an oversize one - and it won't fit correctly to a 19
mm but it is close -- prob. an SAE (") size ---so I'm
guessing it is an oversize plug somebody got from the
autoparts store.

Tony

--- Larry Alofs <lalofs@enteract.com> wrote:
> Tony wrote:
>
> > Thanks Larry - FYI: The plug is actually a 1/2" or
> > 3/4" steel pipe fitting plug - so I'm thinking the
> > rational/long term fix is the
> > helicoil...ideas/opinions?  Also what about
> pumping
> > the old oil out the filler tube - will that get
> all
> > the sludge and oil out of the oilpan?
> >
> > Tony
>
> If it is a pipe plug, I would expect it to have a
> square head (four
> sides).  You can probably find a socket designed for
> square heads, if
> the corners are not rounded off too much by now.  Of
> course if you
> finally get it out and then decide to go with the
> heli-coil, you have to
> somehow get it to the mechanic without a secure
> plug!
>
> good luck,
> Larry A.
>
>

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