What I'm saying is that mine doesn't appear to be anything hex. It appears
to be a round hollow blanking plug of some sort, I'm asking to see if this
is a retrofit or whether any transaxles were permanently selaed like this
from new i.e lubed for life so to speak - I suspect not.

Clive

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben McCafferty" <ben@KBMC.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: Gearbox drain plug

> I'm not sure I understood your question.
> It is a 17mm hex.
> bmc  :)
> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
>
>
> > From: Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
> > Reply-To: Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
> > Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 22:58:14 +0100
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Gearbox drain plug
> >
> > Can anyone tell me if this likely to blanked off as standard, Does not
seem to
> > be a female hex socket, but a plain round insert with no way of removing
it.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Clive
> >
> > '88 Syncro Transporter
> >