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Subject:Re: removing oil drain plug
From:Kenneth Wilford
Date:Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:51:50 -0500

An oversized plug has been installed.  I usually just grind a 19mm
socket until the walls are thin enough so it will fit and then use that
for this job in the future.

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

Allan Streib wrote:
> 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
>