my transmission filler plug is completly round off and stuck. any tips on removing it? I have tried vice grips but no luck, ii just made the stub smaller. this is on a muncie 4 speed. could i remove the inspection cover and fill it form that side? would that get the fluid high enough
weld a bolt or nut or anything you can grab, onto the plug. The oil needs to be up to the bottom of the filler plug. How you gonna check it later if you can't get the plug out?
Im with squirrel. Weld as big of nut to it as you can. The bigger the nut the more weld you can get in the center of it the better chance you have for the weld to hold.
Do what squirrel said or maybe drill it and use a big easy out. Before you start pulling on it again soak the hell out of it with knocker loose or liquid wrench or similiar penatrateing oil. When you put the new one in use antisieze on it and perhaps get one that has a hex hole in it like a big allen bolt head.
welding a nut or bolt to it is great advice, 2 reasons..now you can get a wrench on it, and the heat from the welding will ease up any corrosion that may have been building on the threads of the original plug..I would juice it too with some good penetrating oil. let it soak in
Depending on how much of a stub you have hanging out you might try a pipe wrench. It angle grips so it might just get enough of a bite to come loose. If not the weld a nut process should help you out.
Another vote for welding, you will be amazed how easily it comes out after it's been heated by the welding process. Take your easy outs and throw them as far as you can. All they ever do is break off and since they are so hard the only thing you have left is to EDM it out. Weld!
your tranny is ruined, box it up, send it to me (prepaid freight of course) and I'll dispose of it properly....
okay, so i tried a torch on it, no luck. and i dont have access to a welder so i took some measurements. the drain plug is the a 1/8" higher then the lowest inspection cover bolts. so i jacked the car up from the driverside and removed the cover. it was very low on oil so i filled it back up and placed the cover on. now after i did all of this i thougth should there be some type of gasket between the inspection cover and body? it didnt appear to have one, could explain why it was low. (would a permetex gasket maker work well for this? I know my fluid may be a little lower than needs to be but at least im still not a quart low.
Yea don't wuss out and get the plug out. There is no reason to leave it half done. And yes your inspection cover should have a gasket and permatex or silicone will work if the mounting surface is clean and you can keep the oil from it until it sets up.
Another way is the chisel method, take a sharp chisel and "cut" a groove in the side of the plug and then after having a nice groove in the plug, angle the chisel and use the groove as "toehold" to loosen the plug. I have done this many times with great sucess, and after all, you are replacing the plug with a new quality plug, right?
A small pipe wrench, as mentioned above, is your best bet if there is anything left there. It is made to bite into & grip round things far better than vise grips.
Another approach that sometimes works is to take a socket that is slightly smaller than the head of the plug and hammer it on the plug. (Use an 8 point socket, or even a small extension 3/8 or 1/2 inch and use the female end on the plug and attach the male end of the extension using an 8 point socket to the breaker bar) Then take a breaker bar and slowly try to get the plug out. Don't bang on it as it will make matters worse. An impact wrench with the above method might work if you put the impact on the lowest torque setting possible. Penetrating oil on the threads and letting it soak is also advisable.
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