

| Subject: | Re: Stuck transaxle fill plug crisis |
| From: | Todd Hill |
| Date: | Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:44:28 EDT |
shortlid@expert.cc.purdue.edu writes: << I can't get my drain plug off what should I do???? >> Ah..... the pleasures of Eastern cars, salted roads, and dissimilar metal contact corrosion! Try scraping as much of the external corrosion off (I'm guessing that it does have it), heating with propane torch and spraying a good penetrating oil such as Aerokroil. Get a hand held impact from Sears (fairly cheap at around $20 and world's better than the cheap chrome Chinese jobs) and a good quality 3/8ths impact adapter to use your Snap-On drain plug socket. I've been the cheap route myself and it doesn't work on stuck plugs. Between the heat, oil, heat, oil, impact, heat, oil, impact routine it should *maybe* come out. If not, then get a siphon pump (it looks kinda like a grease gun but has two hoses. One sucks when you pull the lever and the other pushes.) You may have to do the siphon pump boogie several times as you won't be able to get the hose all the way to the bottom. Just get as much as you can, top off, and drive around a bit to slosh it about. Do this several times and that'll be the best you can do under those circumstances. Just remember to refill with a good quality synthetic GL4 75w90 weight gearoil, such as Redline MT90. -Todd Hill VolksWerks Transaxles Olympia, WA 360-412-0948
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