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Subject:Re: cylinder head drain plug
From:John Bange
Date:Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:46:42 -0800

> Is this difficult to take out? Never done it. Nothing in the archives
> about it. Just one entry asking for torque specs on the plug.Looks ez in
> the Bentley, but the access looks bad cause of the pushrod tube.

I took mine out with just a cheap metric allen wrench from a set I bought at
a FLAPS. Might be hard to get a regular stubby 3/8 drive hex socket in
there, but a long one or the aforementioned L-shaped hex key fits through
there easy.

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John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"