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Subject:Re: Thank you
Date:Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:16:29 -0400 (EDT)

This past saturday I changed my Tranny fluid and front differential on my
Syncro. T get the drain plug off from the tranny, I used a short piece of a
17 mm allen wrench that I cut from a regular L shaped allen wrench. I used a
small 41/2 inch angle grinder with a metal cutting disc to cut about 1 inch
off the long end of the wrench. I placed the wrench in a vice with the bottom
submerged in water and I cut a bit at time, cooling off the metal with a wet
rag so as to not to let the metal loose it's temper. Then I used the small
piece in a regular 17mm socket with a universal joint and a short extension
to unscrew the filler plug. The drain plug I