There is a sucker device used for draining tranny etc. Looks a lit like a
grease gun. About a $12.00 item.
Park your van at an angle and drain it by sucking the old oil out the
filler pipe.
Not a fix but it buys you time.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westy

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:21:32 EDT Brian Baudoin <FeeDoubleU@CS.COM>
writes:
>
>
> I need help bad!!!  I bought my third Vanagon ('87, non-GL,
> non-Sychro,
> non-Westy) about three months ago.  The seller told me that the oil
> was in
> good shape.  So, I took his word for it.  Well, that was a while
> ago, and now
> it's time for me to change the oil again.  But, the drain plug was
> apparantly
> previously stripped, so he inserted a larger drain plug and welded
> the
> frickin' thing in place (apparantly it was leaking and he needed to
> get rid
> of it).  I need helP!!!  What can I do?  What is the lowest point of
> oil flow
> so I can perhaps drain the oil out of another hole?  Please help!!
> The
> viscosity of the oil is dangerously low, and I don't want to lose my
> van!
> Thanks guys!
>                                               FeeDub (Brian)
>

________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today!  For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.