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1. GT6 Oil drain plug (score: 1): Author: Cameron Rooke <beaker211@rogers.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:56:16 -0500 (EST); I went to do my first oil change on my '71 GT6 last night and ran into a problem straight away. I had never looked at the drain plug before, but it is one that takes a male wrench. And I don't have; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00588.html (7,837 bytes)
2. RE: GT6 Oil drain plug (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:57:38 -0800; The standard plug has a 7/16" square male head, same as most other Triumphs, so yours has been replaced. (According to my GT6 catalog, I've never owned a GT6) Could be either, but I'd say hex is mor; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00590.html (8,416 bytes)
3. Re: GT6 Oil drain plug (score: 1): Author: zoboherald@aol.com; Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:59:47 -0500; ...'71 GT6...drain plug...one that takes a male wrench. And I don't have any wrenches for this (yet). Would anyone know what size it is? ==AM== No clue as to size, since this does NOT sound like the; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00591.html (8,205 bytes)
4. RE: GT6 Oil drain plug (score: 1): Author: Cameron Rooke <beaker211@rogers.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:22:33 -0500 (EST); This is what threw me off when I had my wrench in hand last night. Every reference I have to the GT6 drain plug is a square male head. I have an allen key that (very) tightly fits the oil pressure re; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00593.html (8,533 bytes)
5. RE: GT6 Oil drain plug (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:08:52 -0800; The problem as I've experienced it is that the stock plugs are very apt to round off when you're removing them with an open-end wrench. For that reason it's better to use something that grips all 4; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00602.html (8,248 bytes)
6. Re: GT6 Oil drain plug (score: 1): Author: "JB@comcast" <justbrits@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:46:05 -0600; <<Another suggestion is to use 'Teflon' pipe dope (also available at Home Depot) on the plug threads when installing.... <snip> ....Using dope instead of tape ensures that there are no 'threads' to p; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00603.html (7,712 bytes)
7. RE: GT6 Oil drain plug (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:24:56 -0800; Suit yourself, Ed. I've been using Teflon pipe dope on tapered threads both on and off cars for some 30 years and it has always worked very well for me. Never had a leak, never had a hard time remov; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00614.html (7,788 bytes)
8. Re: GT6 Oil drain plug (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@pop.mail.rcn.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:35:22 -0500; Nope. As others have said, that's not the original plug. Three decades ago when I was driving Fiats, I discovered that Fiat used an Allen head oil drain plug, 12mm. So I bought one from the local Sna; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00616.html (8,483 bytes)
9. Re: GT6 Oil drain plug (score: 1): Author: Cameron Rooke <beaker211@rogers.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:32:36 -0500 (EST); Thanks for all the tips, everyone. It turned out to be a 9mm hex head. No idea where that would have come from. I went out last night and bought two sets of long shaft allen keys (metric and imperial; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00621.html (8,797 bytes)

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