Rounded off drain plug

[Tractor Seabee]

Kando, is your oil like molasses yet? Just add another quart.

Ron

 

[Ford850]

Kando, is your oil like molasses yet? Just add another quart.

Ron

This isn't his engine oil plug.

 

[goeduck]

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.

So pipe wrench is out. Dang, we have to think of something that will work.

1900 in view

 

[ddbackhoe]

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

Now we know why you dont have time for the plug. No kicker, no accumulator? We had to update, no help to be found.

 

[goeduck]

Kando,
Any progress?

 

[SandburRanch]

The material the plug was made of is the problem. When time and the work load allows remove the obstruction and drill a hole then make 2 cuts 180ｰ apart with a hacksaw blade then the 2 halves will come out.

 

[Kando]

The material the plug was made of is the problem.

Yup.

As for progress, no. Weather has kept us at bay. Hay wasn't quite dry so I've also been dealing with that, looking into options. Settled on spacing it out on it's side and spreading some fine salt on them.

Other news, picked 40 of the best bales out for a girl scouts camp for their horses. Discussed the option of making hay off the pasture once the horses are returned to owner at the end of July.

 

[goeduck]

Yup.

As for progress, no. Weather has kept us at bay. Hay wasn't quite dry so I've also been dealing with that, looking into options. Settled on spacing it out on it's side and spreading some fine salt on them.

Other news, picked 40 of the best bales out for a girl scouts camp for their horses. Discussed the option of making hay off the pasture once the horses are returned to owner at the end of July.

I had not heard of salting hay, would that really extract the moisture?

 

[Kando]

When i heard the suggestion, I googled 'salting stored hay' and started reading.

Makes me wonder about how well doing the same thing with different mineral blends for different animals might work.

 

[tjkubota93]

Actually, kidding aside, in any of the now almost 2,000 posts has anyone suggested THIS? Which is forget getting that plug out.
It's stuck tight! However (drum roll please), pick out a spot close by...and drill/tap a new hole!!!!!
Better location...away from that bar in the way. Start small, then working up to the correct tap size...then let it drain!!!!!
Next day tap it! No mess, fluid is gone.
I'd tap it slowly, removing chips.
Then pour kerosene or other cleaner through. New tap.
Fat lady sings, curtain closes.
FINI

Fill the tap flutes with grease and the chips stay on the tap

 

[goeduck]

When i heard the suggestion, I googled 'salting stored hay' and started reading.

Makes me wonder about how well doing the same thing with different mineral blends for different animals might work.

Now that your hay should be stored away, any chance we can get an update on your 4th of July plug removal plans?

 

[airbiscuit]

If that dang thing comes out, it will give us another reason to set off fireworks.

 

[Fuddy1952]

If that dang thing comes out, it will give us another reason to set off fireworks.

If this happened 50 years ago you could tape a cherry bomb or M80 to it and blow it out.

 

[SandburRanch]

If this happened 50 years ago you could tape a cherry bomb or M80 to it and blow it out.

Is there a problem I don't know about doing that now?

 

[4570Man]

Is there a problem I don't know about doing that now?

You can’t buy them. At least from the firework stand.

 

[Fuddy1952]

That was back when kids would blow the school commodes apart with them. Now I guess you could use tannerite on that plug.

 

[dragoneggs]

You can’t buy them. At least from the firework stand.

You have to go to the right stand... on an Indian Reservation and find someone to sell you the 'good' stuff.

 

[westcliffe01]

Cold chisel, sharpened good, applied to cut into the surface in such a way to produce torque to undo the thread. First direct blows to cut a notch in a close to radial direction, then when a good notch is established, shift the angle to being closer to tangential to the surface to make it rotate out. This is my standard method with nuts that strip out. In your case it is a plug, but apparently there is still a bit sticking out that one can access.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Cold chisel, sharpened good, applied to cut into the surface in such a way to produce torque to undo the thread. First direct blows to cut a notch in a close to radial direction, then when a good notch is established, shift the angle to being closer to tangential to the surface to make it rotate out. This is my standard method with nuts that strip out. In your case it is a plug, but apparently there is still a bit sticking out that one can access.

X2 on this.
I had to replace fan clutch on my Ford truck a while ago. 38mm nut I think it was. I tried everything, nothing worked. Then I used my air chisel with it on left edge of nut corner. Wow! It turned, then next corner, etc. It spun off in a minute.
New one I installed with wrench, locktite on threads.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I cant believe this thread is still going, what in the World can folks make so many post over a rounded off drain plug. I am sure the OP has fixed that plug months ago.