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Subject:Re: Trans. Oil filler plug?
From:John Rodgers
Date:Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:55:53 -0500

It's easy to get out with a short 17mm hex head bolt and two jamb nuts.
Stick the bolt head in the plug and use a box end wrench to drive it
using the jambs nuts. Works on the drain plug equally well.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Don Hanson wrote:
> I must be blind, but I can't see the filler plug in my 5sp manual 2wd trans.
> The Bently is no great help as it pictures the filler plug, showing it from
> the thread side and out of the tranny, kind of sitting up on the page, in
> space.  That helps(?)...not.  I have never had any luck with the Archives
> Search function of the list, so I'm asking outright.  Anybody direct me as
> to where the filler plug is and what it looks like from the outside?
>   At least I am smart enough (this time) to not drain the tranny until I
> actually find the filler plug and get it removed.
>   Thanks in advance,
>   Don Hanson
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