Thread: Transmission fill Plug is stripped!! Ughhh ohhhh

Gramp was no fool!!
Thats sig material.

Tomorro well see

Here's what I do, I learned it in college. Go figure.

Take a candle stick, and get a cheap propane torch from a parts store. Even a small butane torch will work. Heat the plug with the torch to get it hot enough to melt the wax. Don't get it insanely hot, but make sure the entire plug gets heated. Melt the candle over the hot plug around the threads and wait for it to cool off.

Capillary action will pull the wax into the cracks of the threads and make for a really easy removal. I've had some come out by hand after doing this method. Works for welch plugs (freeze plugs) and bolts as well.

Haha I remember a guy filling his transaxle through the vent hose and it ended up allllllll in the bellhousing! Honestly, just drill in that betch, put a left handed bit in there, and pull it the fuck out. If that dosent work, drill more then use an easyout and zee PB blaster.

You think that the easy-out will chuk pieces of metal into the bottom of the tranny? The fluid in my tranny right now is like 6 months old..

yeah well thanks. As a mechanic he had 2 tours in Korea and 25 years w/ NYPD highway patrol. He used to fix everyone's car in our neighborhood. He was like an Italian Archie Bunker and we lived in the same area of Queens. I miss him every time I pick up a wrench.
thanks again.

that wax idea sounds cool, might have to to try it with the drain on my p11

Do it.

I'm so going to try this!

This is how I got ur out