Rounded off drain plug

[Fuddy1952]

For some reason ever since this post started over a year ago when I see it I think of the sloth. It takes them a month to digest a single leaf. They climb down out of their tree once a WEEK to poop. When they finally poop they say the expression on their face is pure bliss, since in that one event they lose a third of their entire body weight.
So it will be here...that fateful day when that plug FINALLY comes out, ever sooooo s-l-o-w-l-y turned until at last...a crowd of bystanders cheering, balloons being released, confetti and streamers floating down.
Traffic will be backed up for miles. Every major TV, Radio, newspaper and magazine reporter will be there, as well as all the ambulances and medical staff attending to those who have fainted.
Last but not least, even now, the Zambelli Fireworks Company is on standby, several tractor trailer loads of supplies packed to the hilt just for this momentous occasion.

 

[lilranch2001]

And I have thought some of my chits were good.......

 

[dragoneggs]

It'll be done, in time.

Some of us can boast that our hair is more gray, or silver in my case. Maybe some of us have even put this on our ‘bucket’ list. No pressure though.

 

[goeduck]

have the additives been consumed

I think it is the transmission drain. :confused3:

 

[lilranch2001]

It痴 so long ago I do not remember what the plug drains......

 

[goeduck]

Itç—´ so long ago I do not remember what the plug drains......

It could change everything, we may need to start the suggestions for Kando over. It is no wonder the plug is still in. :confused3:

 

[tjkubota93]

I haven't been here in a while. Did he use a mag drill and rota broach to make a new drain hole yet? I figured he could use a rubber boat plug as a stopper, the kind with a wing nut in the middle.

 

[dlundblad]

For those who are curious, I've had good luck with these. Read somewhere they're made by the same company who also makes them for some of the tool truck brands. Description says good for tight spaces, which is false. You need a much larger socket than whatever you are trying to remove..

 

[dlundblad]

For those who are curious, I've had good luck with these. Read somewhere they're made by the same company who also makes them for some of the tool truck brands. Description says good for tight spaces, which is false. You need a much larger socket than whatever you are trying to remove..

Here's the link since I needed 3 posts.

Sears.com

 

[Wagtail]

I haven't been here in a while. Did he use a mag drill and rota broach to make a new drain hole yet? I figured he could use a rubber boat plug as a stopper, the kind with a wing nut in the middle.

A "bung". :shipcaptain:

 

[Diggin It]

^^ I think the existing plug is bunged up enough.

 

[airbiscuit]

And I think we have enough wingnuts.

 

[Jstpssng]

It's raining.

Bruce

It's snowing here, or at least it was when I came in.

Also dark, just as it seems to be every night at this time.

 

[dragoneggs]

It's snowing here, or at least it was when I came in.

Also dark, just as it seems to be every night at this time.

Reminds me of... the hippy dippy weatherman

George Carlin 'The Hippy Dippy Weatherman' - YouTube

 

[Tractor Seabee]

So many posts now; I have lost track whether this method was ever explored:

1. Grind a flat spot on the face of the bunged up plug.
2. Find short piece of tube that just fits over the bunged up plug.
3. Get a transfer punch, same size as tube interior, and hit with a hammer to have a new center.
4. Drill out a convenient size hole to allow fluid to drain and let drain overnight into a pan.
5. Continue to drill out the bunged up plug till only a shell remains in the threads, caution, do not get into the female threads.
6. Using a small cape chisel and hammer and peck out the residual shell.
7. Using proper size tap and clean up the threads.
8. Now using one of the many ideas , in this thread (your choice), on replacement plugs and install it.
8. Fill the reservoir with the proper fluid.

This process has never failed me in 80+ years; on all types of machinery.

You are now back in business. DO NOT REPEAT the scenario that started this Thread. We will not have the patience exhibited by all your TBN friends and their long suffering again.

Ron

 

[Jim Shooz]

Has any thought been given to turning the tractor upside-down and draining the oil out the fillhole ???
I mean every other option you can think off has been suggested.:cool2:

 

[goeduck]

Has any thought been given to turning the tractor upside-down and draining the oil out the fillhole ???
I mean every other option you can think off has been suggested.:cool2:

As has that

 

[4570Man]

What about filling the transmission with water to float the oil out and then boiling off the water. I don’t recall reading that suggestion.

 

[goeduck]

What about filling the transmission with water to float the oil out and then boiling off the water. I don’t recall reading that suggestion.

^^ That one is a new idea. Boiled tractor

 

[Wagtail]

So many posts now; I have lost track whether this method was ever explored:

1. Grind a flat spot on the face of the bunged up plug.
2. Find short piece of tube that just fits over the bunged up plug.
3. Get a transfer punch, same size as tube interior, and hit with a hammer to have a new center.
4. Drill out a convenient size hole to allow fluid to drain and let drain overnight into a pan.
5. Continue to drill out the bunged up plug till only a shell remains in the threads, caution, do not get into the female threads.
6. Using a small cape chisel and hammer and peck out the residual shell.
7. Using proper size tap and clean up the threads.
8. Now using one of the many ideas , in this thread (your choice), on replacement plugs and install it.
8. Fill the reservoir with the proper fluid.

This process has never failed me in 80+ years; on all types of machinery.

You are now back in business. DO NOT REPEAT the scenario that started this Thread. We will not have the patience exhibited by all your TBN friends and their long suffering again.

Ron

You said 'bunged' three times. :scratchchin:

You must like 'bung'.