B*stard drain plug!

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Little Butch

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Started to change my gearbox oil earlier today. REALLY needed doing, not even sure when it was last done! :eek:

Anyway, got the filler plug and the other drain plug out piece of **** (that drained some of the oil but the 32mm main drain plug is seized solid! I've spent the past couple of hours desperately trying to get a decent 32mm ring spanner with no luck and eventually I bought a cheap 3/4 ring spanner 32mm... Which is just rounding the head off :(

Wanted to use the truck tomorrow really although I have got a car as well! I've got no means of heating it up and without topping it back up I can't get it to the garage.

How do I know when the right amount of oils in there? Is ot the same principle as the diff where it just dribbles out the filler plug?
 
Little Butch said:
Started to change my gearbox oil earlier today. REALLY needed doing, not even sure when it was last done! :eek:

Anyway, got the filler plug and the other drain plug out piece of **** (that drained some of the oil but the 32mm main drain plug is seized solid! I've spent the past couple of hours desperately trying to get a decent 32mm ring spanner with no luck and eventually I bought a cheap 3/4 ring spanner 32mm... Which is just rounding the head off :(

Wanted to use the truck tomorrow really although I have got a car as well! I've got no means of heating it up and without topping it back up I can't get it to the garage.

How do I know when the right amount of oils in there? Is ot the same principle as the diff where it just dribbles out the filler plug?
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Use a 32mm hex socket ... if a previous owner has had it done in a garage they may have wound it up with a rattle gun ... get a large breaker bar to crack the drain nut, then when you do it up only use hand tools ...

I fill using a short length of hosepipe as an extension tube, as it can get messy otherwise ... :eek:
 
Thanks! I've got a 32mm socket and breaker bar thoug, I can't get it on the nut because there's no room unfortunately, is yours a shallow socket? If not I don't suppose you have a 32mm ring spanner or a means of heating said 'bastard drain plug' up? :D
 
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