Only later diesel Vanagon pans got the allen bolt and it comes out all
the way to drain the oil, not like most of the diesel Vanagon pans.

Buy a 1/4" allen head socket, which is slightly bigger than a 6mm. Then
with a file put a slight bevel on the 6 edges of the 1/4" allen that
insert into the bolt head so it will start into the smaller 6mm hole.
Then use a hammer to beat it into the tight 6mm bolt head. The beating
combined with the really tight fit should let you get it out. I have
done this many times with stripped 6mm allens on various VWs, like CV
bolts. Once you get the bolt to turn, wiggle the hammered in 1/4" tool
free while the bolt is still supported.

Mark

Mike Miller wrote:
> Bolt probably does  that but not when it's in so tight that the allen striped it out but couldn't move it.
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> Time for a new bolt, anyone got one, and someone who knows how to pull a striped allen bolt out for replacement.
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> darn.
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> Mike
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> On Wednesday, July 2, 2014 6:11 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote:
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> Drivers side, horizontal bolt goes on perpendicular to the direction of travel (unless you can talk your diesel into a four wheel drift).
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> The bolt doesn't pull all the way out, but opens a hole in the bottom of the pan adjacent to the bolt.
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