Rounded off drain plug

[clemsonfor]

Yeah I've been procrastinating my kitchen crown molding and shower tiling. I'd trade for a drain plug!

Yep I finially put trim up on the pantry I built in our kitchen. Put a crown (really just flat stock up at ceiling) and base board up around the pantry I build out in our kitchen. It had been without trim for about 3 years now:confused2::ashamed:

 

[sd455dan]

Kando actually got it removed by the time we hit page three; but found the thread so entertaining that he didn't want to tell us.

Ah - We are still hoping for a Christmas Miracle or

Maybe Santa will provide all the appropriate tools mentioned in this thread to help get the drain plug out.

 

[goeduck]

Simple solution is that Kando should just remove everything from the tractor except the drain plug. :duh: :duh:

 

[Kando]

Simple solution is that Kando should just remove everything from the tractor except the drain plug. :duh: :duh:

Perhaps simply split the tractor and replace the transmission housing?

 

[goeduck]

Perhaps simply split the tractor and replace the transmission housing?

You could, but before doing that make sure you take the old transmission off of the old drain plug so you can reuse the original drainplug. :tractor: :tractor: :tractor: :tractor:

 

[4570Man]

Perhaps simply split the tractor and replace the transmission housing?

I’d just pour the oil out the top and than put the whole thing back together and refill. A new case is probably expensive. But if you went through all that effort it would be a shame to have to do it all again next year. You should just leave the transmission in the shop floor so it’s easy to turn upside down next year.

 

[sixdogs]

Maybe it's just me but I wonder if this thread has run it's course and peaked.

 

[pmsmechanic]

Maybe it's just me but I wonder if this thread has run it's course and peaked.

For a while it was funny. Now it's getting old.

 

[Ford850]

For a while it was funny. Now it's getting old.

Just like his oil, until he gets the plug out.

 

[fried1765]

For a while it was funny. Now it's getting old.

The simple solution to that...("now it's getting old") is to just to stop looking at it.

 

[pmsmechanic]

The simple solution to that...("now it's getting old") is to just to stop looking at it.

I totally agree with you. However I would like to get to the point where that drain plug is removed. I now have some investment in this thread and I don't want to see it wasted. Soooo....... I keep waiting.

And I am very sure I'm not the only one!

 

[sd455dan]

I totally agree with you. However I would like to get to the point where that drain plug is removed. I now have some investment in this thread and I don't want to see it wasted. Soooo....... I keep waiting.

And I am very sure I'm not the only one!

Yeah many of us are hoping Kando will get back to working on removing the plug and believe he ( Can-Do ) it. :thumbsup:

 

[Fuddy1952]

What amazes me is this post has been around longer than the gestation period of a human being.
A pipe wrench and long cheater pipe for leverage. Snapping off would be a good thing, since now it could easily be ground flat, center punched, drilled and tapped.
Or...forget the tap...drill a hole and use a cork.

 

[Rebeldad1]

This thread is way too long to try to read and see what the answers were.
I will put my 2 cents worth in.
I am a professional mechanic and have run into this before. I used to fight these and mostly won.
I stopped...
Had a Mustang 5 speed transmission. with pro grade socket and long pipe it finally broke loose.
Also cracked the case.
After that I no longer took the train plug out to service fluid.
I purchased a vacuum extractor and never looked back.

So... I say try this first and stay out of trouble.
stick the vacuum tube (they have several sizes) down the fill hole or anywhere else and drain it.

you would be surprised at how easy it is to crack cast iron or aluminum
and you will be shocked at how much labor an parts will be to fix it.

search "vacula oil extractor"

If you dont want to buy one take the tractor to a Jiffy Lube or a service place with one.

Even for some reason if you can only get 1/2 of the fluid out. fill it up and run it for a month and drain again.

 

[Big Barn]

This thread is way too long to try to read and see what the answers were.
I will put my 2 cents worth in.
I am a professional mechanic and have run into this before. I used to fight these and mostly won.
I stopped...
Had a Mustang 5 speed transmission. with pro grade socket and long pipe it finally broke loose.
Also cracked the case.
After that I no longer took the train plug out to service fluid.
I purchased a vacuum extractor and never looked back.

So... I say try this first and stay out of trouble.
stick the vacuum tube (they have several sizes) down the fill hole or anywhere else and drain it.

you would be surprised at how easy it is to crack cast iron or aluminum
and you will be shocked at how much labor an parts will be to fix it.

search "vacula oil extractor"

If you dont want to buy one take the tractor to a Jiffy Lube or a service place with one.

Even for some reason if you can only get 1/2 of the fluid out. fill it up and run it for a month and drain again.

I think I posted this picture a lot earlier in the thread but here is my fluid extractor in case anyone needs to know what one looks like.

 

[goeduck]

Maybe it's just me but I wonder if this thread has run it's course and peaked.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
Did you write script for the original "Star Trek?" That sounds like something Jim would say.

 

[goeduck]

^^^^^
Did you write script for the original "Star Trek?" That sounds like something Jim would say.

Nope. Winston Churchill. I thought that went without saying.

 

[Jstpssng]

Nope. Winston Churchill. I thought that went without saying.

Oops. I guess that I'm showing my (lack of) age.

 

[PILOON]

What amazes me is this post has been around longer than the gestation period of a human being.
A pipe wrench and long cheater pipe for leverage. Snapping off would be a good thing, since now it could easily be ground flat, center punched, drilled and tapped.
Or...forget the tap...drill a hole and use a cork.

My guess is that there is a contest with "Pallets in the field"
\Wonder what the 1st prize is.