Is this van fairly new to you? The normal drain plug has a 13mm hex and a
flange for sealing to the case. There should be a copper crush wasjer to
seal it. I like to use a fiber or nylon washer as it needs less torque to
seal. Plan on the threads being messed up. You can get oversized plugs
that have the flange and reduce size hex.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Allan Streib
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:22 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: removing oil drain plug

Arriving home tonight with the motor warm, I wanted to change the
oil.  The drain plug head takes a 19mm wrench but all my sockets are
too big to fit into the recess in the case.  Do you normally need a
special thin-wall socket to get the drain plug out?  Or has someone
put an oversized plug in?

Allan