And last year I reported about my seized plug, which required
about 1/2 hour of pounding with a hammer and cold chisel to
remove... This was after all attempts with a torch and the
proper 17mm socket failed, leaving a rounded hole. Of course
the plug was destroyed, but no damage to the trans.
Just be sure to have a spare plug just in case.

Oh yeah... it was the FILL plug that was seized on mine, only
discovered AFTER draining, of course... :-(

On 25 Oct 2001 at 12:27, Karl Wolz wrote:

> I used a floor jack to get it started!  No tranny cracks here.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> > Ok! last weekend I changed the oil in my 84 Westy. I also tried to check
> the
> > tranny oil while I was under her. After scraping about 1/4" of 1984 mud
> off
> > just to find the fill plug, It seems to be frozen solid. At least I
> couldn't
> > budge it. since I don't want to shatter the tranny case with excessive
> > force. The question is: Does anyone have a good safe method of removing
> the
> > fill plug?
> >                                         Neal

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