Rounded off drain plug

[dnw64]

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Looks like there may be enough room in the pan boss to just drill and tap a new hole...

But I would probably first try welding a wrench onto the stub that's left. Worst that can happen is that you twist it off.

Then you have two choices:

A) drill out the existing plug and hope you get your drill centered (and parallel).
B) drill and tap a new hole.

BTW, why do you need to remove the plug? Is it possible to use a pump to drain from the top?

 

[goeduck]

10 days without a post. How are we going to get the plug out if we do not keep our eye on the target? Memorial Day is almost here, begging for another Kando attempt.

 

[RoyKing]

Really, just find the closet 6 point socket, grind the plug till it starts on, hammer home and remove. 20 minutes work

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Really, just find the closet 6 point socket, grind the plug till it starts on, hammer home and remove. 20 minutes work

Probably would be a good idea to use an impact socket. Brute force may break a standard socket. Lo and behold; after driving the socket on , the plug comes out only finger tight. Never under rate brute force. As my Dad used to say " if it don't go get a bigger hammer".

Closing on 1700.

Ron

 

[radios1]

Really, just find the closet 6 point socket, grind the plug till it starts on, hammer home and remove. 20 minutes work

the plug is 4 point, like the back end of a socket. it's MUCH harder to grind a 6 point by hand than it is to make a 4 point!.. I'd just put a good pipe wrench on the threads of the plug, and un-thread it!. and ALWAYS use a 4 point socket or wrench on the new plug!..

 

[fried1765]

Could you please tell us where on the tool failed.
Thanks!

You are requesting information on a situation that happened 10+ years ago.
I am 78.
Can't remember what happened 10+ minutes ago.
Sorry!

 

[fried1765]

Don't tempt me. Weather kept us out over Easter, weather still isn't cooperating. Ordered a pair of knipex to try out. They're scheduled for delivery on the 7th.

I suspect that plug is well beyond the capabilities of the Knipex.
It will not be possible to get enough leverage with the Knipex.
You will love the Knipex for many other uses though.

 

[Xfaxman]

Don't tempt me. Weather kept us out over Easter, weather still isn't cooperating. Ordered a pair of knipex to try out. They're scheduled for delivery on the 7th.

I suspect that plug is well beyond the capabilities of the Knipex.
It will not be possible to get enough leverage with the Knipex.
You will love the Knipex for many other uses though.

Put the Knipex on the plug adjusted for a good fit, squeeze, and slide a three foot long piece of thick wall small diameter tubing over the top handle to pull on.

If it can support a man standing on the top handle, it can take a torque multiplier pipe :thumbsup:.

 

[Big Barn]

Put the Knipex on the plug adjusted for a good fit, squeeze, and slide a three foot long piece of thick wall small diameter tubing over the top handle to pull on.

If it can support a man standing on the top handle, it can take a torque multiplier pipe :thumbsup:.

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You gotta love self explanatory pictures like that!

 

[radios1]

there's no way possible that the Knipex channel lock pliers could possibly outperform a pipe wrench!..

 

[YLee Kioti]

Put the Knipex on the plug adjusted for a good fit, squeeze, and slide a three foot long piece of thick wall small diameter tubing over the top handle to pull on.

If it can support a man standing on the top handle, it can take a torque multiplier pipe :thumbsup:.

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Noow yah done it...now yah gone and done it fer sure.......
Another 100 post on how Kando will have to set tractor on its side so he can stand on the knipex...!!!! :laughing:

 

[Xfaxman]

Noow yah done it...now yah gone and done it fer sure.......
Another 100 post on how Kando will have to set tractor on its side so he can stand on the knipex...!!!! :laughing:

Just doing my duty, I was #1700 :thumbsup:.

 

[fried1765]

there's no way possible that the Knipex channel lock pliers could possibly outperform a pipe wrench!..

My thought EXACTLY!

 

[Jstpssng]

there's no way possible that the Knipex channel lock pliers could possibly outperform a pipe wrench!..

My thought EXACTLY!

Are you suggesting that he should have tipped the tractor on it's side and stood on the pipe wrench a long time ago?

 

[dragoneggs]

there's no way possible that the Knipex channel lock pliers could possibly outperform a pipe wrench!..

Have you used one? I take them any day over my pipe wrenches.

 

[4570Man]

The Knipex aren’t as beefy of a tool as a pipe wrench. When the cheater pipe comes out the winner is clear but using by hand the Knipex and the pipe wrench would be equal.

 

[Big Barn]

Have you used one? I take them any day over my pipe wrenches.

I don’t have any Knipex pliers but I’m quite certain they would work. Here’s some pics I just took of my 40 year old Channellock 410 pliers.

Pipe



Square head plug



Pipe


I stood on the tool with full body weight and it didn’t lose its grip. Couldn’t manage to balance myself to take the picture with phone at same time so you’ll have to take my word for it. Coordinated I’m NOT.

 

[Fuddy1952]

I'm sure the Knipex is a great tool, but the right size pipe wrench, adjusted correctly is incredibly strong, especially with a pipe over handle. A drain plug I'd use a small one, adjusted with a little slack. The harder you pull the tighter it grips.
I need to bring all pipe wrenches here from my home place as Grandad had 20-30 of them.
As a teen I helped a 400# 6'6" buddy remove his Buick differential plug with a pipe wrench, using me foot. I weighed 130# then. Your leg muscles are super strong. Friend and his 300# Dad had spent hours on it... I removed it in a few minutes.
They chased me all over the yard yelling obscenities...it was funny as he)).

 

[Big Barn]

I'm sure the Knipex is a great tool, but the right size pipe wrench, adjusted correctly is incredibly strong, especially with a pipe over handle. A drain plug I'd use a small one, adjusted with a little slack. The harder you pull the tighter it grips.
I need to bring all pipe wrenches here from my home place as Grandad had 20-30 of them.
As a teen I helped a 400# 6'6" buddy remove his Buick differential plug with a pipe wrench, using me foot. I weighed 130# then. Your leg muscles are super strong. Friend and his 300# Dad had spent hours on it... I removed it in a few minutes.
They chased me all over the yard yelling obscenities...it was funny as he)).

At 400 pounds and 6’6” your buddy had bigger problems than a stuck diff plug.

I agree with you about the pipe wrench though.

 

[Scook222]

I hope Kando gets the drain plug out soon. If not this thread is going to turn into a lot of pictures of people standing on knipex, channel locks, and other various tools just to show that the tool can support them. Sorry I couldn’t resist saying that, but that’s the first thing that popped in my head when I saw the 2 pictures of people standing on pliers.