Rounded off drain plug

[dragoneggs]

C'mon Mate. If this entire thread has proven anything it's that the pipe wrench is a 'tool of the past', forever to be relegated to a museum display in a curiosity shop and/or gathering an inch of dust hanging, forgotten, on a peg-board in your workshop.

Were it not for this discussion I would not be the proud owner of a (far superior) "Knipex"! [Which I haven't had to use yet... but I have one!!!]

I think I had a hand in that! Time to break that tool in... you won't go back to your other wrenches. You need a couple of them though. The pliers with teeth and one without.

 

[goeduck]

Nah, made sure to go with finger tight, then a quarter turn by wrench.:thumbsup:

Dang, can you have that guy come back and tighten this one so we can help you get this plug out? Like we did not do last time?

 

[DieselBound]

Dang, can you have that guy come back and tighten this one so we can help you get this plug out? Like we did not do last time?

Actually, we want to see how much quicker Kando can get it out a second time around :laughing:

 

[goeduck]

Actually, we want to see how much quicker Kando can get it out a second time around :laughing:

But, but we would miss all the drama.... :shocked:

 

[lilranch2001]

Yea, we only have a few more post counts to pee Piney off again!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

So what happened to the plug?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Is it still around?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Congrats for getting it out.

 

[Wagtail]

:laughing: How about a motorbike with a sidecar mounted on the left side ?

Sidecars are mounted on the left hand side of motorbikes down here. ath:

 

[stuckmotor]

For years, I've heard that water swirls in opposite directions in the two hemispheres. Recently, someone said that was incorrect. I've never paid enough attention to know which way it swirls anyway.

Sidecars are mounted on the left hand side of motorbikes down here. ath:

 

[Wagtail]

For years, I've heard that water swirls in opposite directions in the two hemispheres. Recently, someone said that was incorrect. I've never paid enough attention to know which way it swirls anyway.

Weather patterns, yes. The direction of the wind for a Low or High 'swirl' the opposite way above/below the equator. Which would effect surface swell/wave motion.

Water going down the drain, not so much.

 

[goeduck]

2000 posts, our work here is done.

In the immortal words of Kando....... Go Home Folks

 

[lilranch2001]

I cant, I just cant!!!
:muttering:

 

[sixdogs]

Nah, made sure to go with finger tight, then a quarter turn by wrench.:thumbsup:

You only get one Kano Plug in life. For me, the experience 40 years ago was so painful and difficult I never overtightened another one. And if I did come across a stuck plug I had the street smarts to get it out. We all have had our Kando Plug but thankfully it seems to be one and done.

The most difficult plugs to remove seem to be on the Fords of that era. They just get stuck. As well, I think it was the earlier Fords that had a plug with a stubby male end that was poorly formed and required an adjustable wrench that kept slipping and rounding off the corners. My lesson was tied to one of those.

 

[Jaylegger]

Elvis has left the building.

 

[fried1765]

Elvis has left the building.

Good work, .....and goodby!

 

[bullbreaker]

Weather patterns, yes. The direction of the wind for a Low or High 'swirl' the opposite way above/below the equator. Which would effect surface swell/wave motion.

Hey Wagtail hello again ! In all your years there you ever seen snow like in the Victoria High Country or SnowyMountain region maybe ?

Or how about you Mr Jim Shooz ? I know you from NZ . Maybe you seen snow near the Hutt mountain region ? Just a wondering would tend to think kinda rare espiecially in OZ ?

 

[Wagtail]

Hey Wagtail hello again ! In all your years there you ever seen snow like in the Victoria High Country or SnowyMountain region maybe ?

Or how about you Mr Jim Shooz ? I know you from NZ . Maybe you seen snow near the Hutt mountain region ? Just a wondering would tend to think kinda rare espiecially in OZ ?

Just had a bloke from Victoria rescued after 10 days being lost/stuck, chest-deep snow, in the Tasmanian highlands. He was an experienced bushwalker. He lost his backpack (with his EPIRB and food)... anyway, he managed to get back to his tent and stayed put until finally spotted by a rescue helicopter.

A few other bushwalkers in the Cradle Mountain area got caught by the snow too. They 'road it out' in one of the many 'huts' that are situated along popular walking tracks.

Oh yeah... Tassie gets snow, however it's usually above the 600-900 metre range. The rest of us get the odd frost.

 

[Jim Shooz]

Down here in NZ we have been known to have snow. Where I am we once had a dusting on the hills behind me that lasted for a whole day-n-a-half. Further down South there are a number of sky fields. there is also the Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds (Southern Hemisphere Proving Ground : World leading winter testing facility) where car manufacturers bring their new models for secret winter testing. Mazda have just been here for 6 weeks and Tesla before that. I understand that a lot of other major manufacturers use these facilities.

 

[bullbreaker]

Thank you both for your responses , interesting ! :thumbsup: