Rounded off drain plug

[ddbackhoe]

Re: SUGGESTION FOR KANDO

Sure is a bunch of negative Nancy/armchair quarterback types on this thread.

 

[lilranch2001]

We love Piney even tho for all of of his negativism tho....

 

[SPYDERLK]

Re: SUGGESTION FOR KANDO

Sure is a bunch of negative Nancy/armchair quarterback types on this thread.

It took about 500 posts.

A fair evolutionary period.​

 

[Shaneard]

Re: SUGGESTION FOR KANDO

Sure is a bunch of negative Nancy/armchair quarterback types on this thread.

Pretty sure the OP unsubscribed to his own thread :laughing:

 

[flyerdan]

I went out to the shop to have a look at a pipe wrench, and if welding wasn't an option I'd take a small pipe wrench, if the jaws are pinned on (likely), tap the pins in so they don't protrude, and kiss the side that meets the pan with an 80 grit disc, if necessary, so that sharp teeth were all the way to the edge. Clean the affected area with a wire brush so you get a better bite sooner, and if possible have a helper 'set' the teeth with a small hammer while you apply upward and outward pressure. Just a couple of taps so it won't load up and try to roll. If that doesn't work it's time to farm it out to a welder.
Replace with a plug that has a 1/2" square hole for a flex handle, like it should have had to begin with.

 

[goeduck]

Kando, the 4th of July is coming up. What is going to be your methodology for getting the plug out?

 

[Kando]

I have owned a similar tractor with the same problem and got it out with a pipe wrench. It wasn't that hard.
Assuming the plug isn't all ground down, I think a pipe wrench is the easiest and quickest answer. He just needs someone that has been there and done that for help. Without help, this could end badly.

Pipe wrench has been tried again and again, both by myself and two others more experienced. Same result each time, material being sheared off the plug. If that result is due to improper grip and/or operator error, that's down to the lack of clearance around the wrench adjustment knob itself.

In other news, made hay yesterday.

 

[DieselBound]

You know, sometimes I find myself in a battle of a lifetime only to realize I'm trying to defeat something all the while the entire point/task is being overlooked.

One removes a drain plug to, well, drain out oil. The AIM is to get old oil out. How did the oil get IN there? From the TOP I'd suppose.

Depending on the size of your dip stick tube you might find that you can reasonably use an oil extractor to do a top-side oil extraction. I do this on my cars (VW TDIs) and on my UTV (Polaris Brutus- diesel, not that that matters). I drain from below from my tractors because they are 4wd and the oil pan is split (could likely only extract oil out of one side, the side where the dip stick goes in to).

Another idea would be to try removing it after things have gotten sufficiently warm/hot. Yeah, not really the time you're wanting to deal with oil, but... Get it nice and warm and take a can of cold and hit the plug. Trying to get some thermal shocking going on.

That's all I have. Sorry if any of this has been presented earlier, but wasn't willing to verify by going back through all, nearly 1,900, posts!

 

[airbiscuit]

Pipe wrench has been tried again and again, both by myself and two others more experienced. Same result each time, material being sheared off the plug. If that result is due to improper grip and/or operator error, that's down to the lack of clearance around the wrench adjustment knob itself.

In other news, made hay yesterday.

Way to go Kando - second season of hay! We love your updates and I admire your style and priorities.

 

[Kando]

Way to go Kando - second season of hay! We love your updates and I admire your style and priorities.

Third season:thumbsup:

First that I've done 1: the whole field at once and 2: had 2 people on the wagon doing the hard work for me, until unloading it anyway