I found that with the proper wrench it was too big to get to the drain plug.
The exhaust pipe was right in the way.  I would up buying a bolt and a
couple of nuts (measured their sizes with a caliper to make sure they were
exactly 17mm) and used them instead.

Bradley Flubacher
State College, PA
'82 VW diesel westy
'84 GL wasserboxer

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of
Steve Cotsford
  Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 8:26 PM
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
  Subject: Transmission filler

  The drain plug requires a 17mm allen wrench that you can get from Sears or
  NAPA.

  The filler plug needs the same tool and it is located on the rt side of
the
  transmission, a little forward of the drive shaft and a little higher.
  You will need to do some acrobatics with the wrench handle pointing
upwards
  to get it loose but its not really that hard , unless someone
overtightened
  it.
  The thread is tapered so the looser it gets, the easier it comes out.

  Steve Cotsford
  '84 Westy

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