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1. Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: Mark Snowdon <racer45@bellsouth.net>; Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 18:51:02 -0800; Did anyone ever come up with what size bit(socket with stub) was needed to pull the rear end fill plug? I remember a few people who had ground down a larger allen key or similar tool to fit the hole; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00224.html (8,200 bytes)
2. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>; Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 19:24:52 -0800; Just stick the 3/8 drive of your ratchet wrench in the square hole and unscrew it. Others have gone as far as to grind down a 1/2" ratchet wrench extension to fit the plug perfectly. This should NOT; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00225.html (9,401 bytes)
3. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 16:56:10 PST; I use a cheap 1/2" extension that I ground a taper on with the bench grinder. Just keep grinding an trying until it fits. Regards, Peter S. but; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00228.html (9,009 bytes)
4. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: Mark Snowdon <racer45@bellsouth.net>; Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 23:42:33 -0800; I tried to use the ratchet but found that the plug was very tight or seized. I was afraid of stripping out the head of the plug or I would have give it a little more HMPH. It take another shot at it; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00239.html (10,098 bytes)
5. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: TYPE79@ix.netcom.com; Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 23:12:53 -0600 (CST); Mark, I had very good luck using simple green concentrated/undiluted to clean a large area in a concrete floor which had been soaked with oil for years. I let it sit, mopped it up, reapplied it sever; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00242.html (10,468 bytes)
6. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: "Guy" <Guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:28:22 -0000; I ground flats onto the threaded end of an old oversized bolt - I don't know the size but it was short (1inch or so) and fat. The flats are about 3/8" but actually have a slight taper which is easy; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00245.html (9,564 bytes)
7. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 07:03:39 -0600; We've seen some good suggestions on how to make an appropriate tool for removing Spridget drain plugs. I'm just wondering, did anyone else replace their plug(s) with a more normal one when they chang; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00249.html (8,793 bytes)
8. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 08:44:26 -0600; The plugs are pipe threaded; can't think of the size. I took my old ones to the local True Value Hardware and had them matched up to some galvanized ones with an allen wrench head. Because they're p; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00251.html (9,398 bytes)
9. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: Daniel1312@aol.com; Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:00:26 EST; << We've seen some good suggestions on how to make an appropriate tool for removing Spridget drain plugs. I'm just wondering, did anyone else replace their plug(s) with a more normal one when they ch; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00260.html (9,221 bytes)
10. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: RBHouston@aol.com; Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 18:50:35 EST; ...is this going to start a thread about Martina Navratalova being the new spokesperson for a tool company? Robert Houston; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00274.html (8,541 bytes)
11. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: Bill & Cindy <fatboy@metro.net>; Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 16:23:50 +0000; Rich, We replaced our differential plugs with ones from a Ford. Not only do they have a 3/8" female hex, allowing you to use your ratchet and extension for removal and installation, they are magnetic; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00275.html (9,664 bytes)
12. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 06:24:13 -0600; 'Tis indeed a strange place -- we tend to enjoy the application of 'Yankee Ingenuity' <G>; or to quote my grandpa, "The proper tool is one that works." Why buy a tool that you can make? And (unless; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00281.html (9,551 bytes)
13. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: "Geoff Branch" <branch@valinet.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 07:33:25 -0500; On my '74 the 3/8 extension just spins in the hole!!! And 1/2 is way to big. I looked around a bit for the proper tool, and finally just ground down a big bolt --Original Message-- From: Frank Claric; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00282.html (10,433 bytes)
14. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: "Geoff Branch" <branch@valinet.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 07:54:03 -0500; Daniel- I was reading a Mini World magazine and was wondering what the "MOT" is. Seems to be a tax with some expiration date? Or is it what we in the U.S. call a "registration"? Geoff Branch --Origin; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00283.html (9,731 bytes)
15. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: Michael Dietsche <mdietsche@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 06:34:41 -0800 (PST); Are the threads really ok on a US pipe thread plug for this application? I seem to remember reading a book about MGB's which warned about the threads in the B's oil sump plug (and a few other "plumbi; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00285.html (10,339 bytes)
16. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: type79@ix.netcom.com; Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 10:36:11 -0600 (CST); I have been following this subject of the Nasty Spridget Drain Plug and find it quite interesting. At first I thought this was much ado about nothing, but now I am beginning to see that there is mor; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00288.html (11,331 bytes)
17. RE: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: Andrew Griffith <Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 09:10:29 -0800; You have too much time on your hands. -Drew Howdy, I have been following this subject of the Nasty Spridget Drain Plug and find it quite interesting. At first I thought this was much ado about nothi; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00290.html (11,993 bytes)
18. Re: Rear end drain plug tool (score: 1): Author: "Alan Inglis" <ainglis@bcresearch.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 09:44:40 -0800; MOT test is a Ministry Of Transportation vehicle safety and emissions test. It is compulsory - you get a new licence/insurance without it. It also ensures that rusted cars get quick bodged repairs or; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00293.html (10,536 bytes)

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