Rounded off drain plug

[Kando]

Gotta ask...

What did the fluid look like? Any metal? Any sludge? Water?

Fluid was clear, no obvious contamination. It's been in there for awhile but the tractor only see about 20 hours a year right now.

 

[lilranch2001]

Plug out.

End of an era.

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Go home folks.

I was driving down Indiana 9, just north of US 30 at noon and thought I felt the earth shimmy and shake.....

 

[lilranch2001]

And just like that, the world was whole again. Things make sense again.... Now if we could just figure out those pallets... Good job Kando !

Yea James, if Sparks was just half the man Kando is, we would have the pallet question wrapped up!

 

[4570Man]

Plot twist. The the plug is still stuck and he just posted that picture in an attempt to end this thread.

 

[lilranch2001]

Kando is NOT that type of individual!

 

[dragoneggs]

Kando is NOT that type of individual!

Agreed... but I will admit, I examined the pic and didn't see a spot of red paint, or other clue that it belonged to the tractor. Maybe Kando cleaned it up for the pic that will go down in history as one of the most significant in TBN history.

 

[lilranch2001]

He really should have had that pic taken with the plug and easy out posed on a pallet!

 

[/pine]

So the plug was only threaded into the boss with one thread?...in the before pic there is 3 full threads showing...in the extracted pic there is only 4 threads total ??...just curious...

 

[Redlands Okie]

Thanks kando for the follow up.

 

[Kando]

He really should have had that pic taken with the plug and easy out posed on a pallet!

I was so sorely tempted.

 

[Kando]

So the plug was only threaded into the boss with one thread?...in the before pic there is 3 full threads showing...in the extracted pic there is only 4 threads total ??...just curious...

The head of the plug was cut off before we drilled through it, after drilling we chiseled away the rest and cleaned it up flush to the pan. After that tapped the easy out into the hole and started turning. Came out smooth after all that.

 

[/pine]

The head of the plug was cut off before we drilled through it, after drilling we chiseled away the rest and cleaned it up flush to the pan. After that tapped the easy out into the hole and started turning. Came out smooth after all that.

Thought that was likely the case...great job :thumbsup:

 

[California]

Dang! It's out? What will we read for entertainment now???

 

[fried1765]

Dang! It's out? What will we read for entertainment now???

I am ....SO DISAPPOINTED!
DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO 2000 POSTS!
NOW....I TOO WILL BE LACKING ENTERTAINMENT!

 

[lilranch2001]

I知 sure Mr Piney is happy to be done with all of us heathens !

 

[bullbreaker]

Dang! It's out? What will we read for entertainment now???

Perhaps the "How do you Dry your Nuts?" thread ?

 

[lilranch2001]

dang, I havent read that thread

 

[dragoneggs]

In all seriousness... great job Kando! Love it when a plan comes together. :thumbsup: :cool2:

 

[DieselBound]

Maybe this can be entered in the Guiness Book of World Records?

 

[Cat_Driver]

The picture is photo shopped. It's still in the tractor right next to the standing pallets in the field