Gearbox drain plug

[Simon]

Blimey what a swine!
Tried all sorts /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif to budge it but couldnt. Went to a Renault garage to borrow their tool but as I'd rounded off the plug! it didn't work. I guess its down to drilling and taping it out now. Marvelous!

 

[Paul Thompson 'Hooligan']

Hi Simon -

Before you attack the plug with a drill and tap -

Try heating the surrounding area and get a decent pair stilsons? (pipe wrench) on the rounded remains. This will normally shift even the most stubborn of drain plugs.

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[40 Bud]

If all else fails, try tack welding a hex nut on the end of the plug and use that to twist it loose.

 

[Simon]

Thanks guy,
Good ideas both.
Simon