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| Author: | primejo07 [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Transmission Drain Plug |
my transmission drain plug is completely stuck in there. Welded a bolt on, but the welds snap every time, put an easy out in there, still wouldnt budge at all. Heated it up, hit it with a hammer, tried using a chisel... i dont know what to do now... and i have a real mess of a plug down there now.  could i angle grind the head off or something? Im really stuck on this one and its pissing me off because its the only reason i cant drive around... one little drain plug! 
Cheers, Josh |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
Try welding a nut on. Clean up the drain bung as best you can then weld in the hole of the nut. Make sure you get a good weld |
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| Author: | primejo07 [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
ive done that three times, they just keep coming off, but ill give her another go, its not the most spacious place down there 
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
Can be done. If you have a grinder handy give it a quick clean up, that'll help the weld bite. What are you using to weld with? Don't be afraid to turn it up a bit |
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| Author: | primejo07 [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
alright, ill give it a good clean up and try again. im just using a ark and its on full amps haha, hopefully i can get this done! |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
Otherwise just do what Steve does and just replace the whole box |
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| Author: | primejo07 [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
uh.. youre joking right? |
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| Author: | Ben_Sierra [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
Have you got the fill plug out or checked it yet? If that one is as stuck as the drain plug, leave the drain plug in until after you've got the fill plug undone... Its a pain trying to fill up the gearbox with oil via the gearstick hole
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| Author: | primejo07 [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
hahahaha! that would be a bit of a pain 
yeah the fill plugs out and ready to be filled, just waiting to try and get the drain one out! i just re welded a nut on, but the weld just snapped again. its like the drain plug has been welded on, no joke, its that tight. i cant think of any other options now! any ideas? haha, if i get any more angry ill just weld drill a hole in the plug and then weld it closed once its drained! 
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| Author: | tonka_tuff [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
take it to your local exhuast or diff joint.. my local diff joint weled mine.. strong as only problem is that he put an imperial nut on 
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| Author: | prestoch [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
lol i had the same problem mate, had to use the biggest easy out i had then used a shifter with a piece of pipe over the end of it. even then it took a fuck load to get the bastard out. good luck. cheers chris |
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| Author: | primejo07 [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
alright, see the easy outs a great idea.. but me being a cheapo, welded a bolt onto it instead. Now the head of the bolt snapped off and i just have the shaft welded onto the plug :O i seem to making things worse and worse. guess thats what happens when youre a cheap bastard
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| Author: | Moph [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
So the broken bolt shaft is solidly welded into the plug? If so can you drill out some angle or box section, slip it over the shaft, weld it on and use it as a lever? |
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| Author: | SierraDan [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
Mine was stuck too so I took the box out and emptied it. And filled through the gearstick hole. |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
Stick a nut over the broken shaft and fill the middle with weld. Don't weld the outside, just the inside. That way you can still get a socket on it |
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| Author: | primejo07 [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
yeah, tried the nut thing too, the weld just breaks and the nut comes off. mabye its my dodgey welding, i dont know, but it sure is giving me a hard time! cheers for the help guys. sierra dan, yeah im thinking that might be the way to go!... |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
Got to be your welder. Do you have access to a mig? |
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| Author: | primejo07 [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
yeah i do, reckon that would make much of a difference? |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
Give it a try. I've had success doing it that way |
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| Author: | monley [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
Is there any galv coating on the nut? That could be half the issue for your weld breaking is the weld is not burning through the galv coating... |
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| Author: | Jackson [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
I guess you can't get two nuts on the broken shaft like a lock nut? |
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| Author: | Fatzook [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
Get your hands on an aerosole product called 'nutcracker'. I used some today on some VERY rusty exhaust bolts, and they came off like they were brand new! 
And it will be FAR more effective to weld the nut onto the drain plug with a MIG. Its very hard to plug weld with a stick, as the slag cannot escape. |
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| Author: | dave07 [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
This happened to me on my gear box and diff for the diff I used easy outs came out perfect but for the gear box I mig welde a nut and role with the thread still in there. So I used same as fatzook nutcracker aswell as wd40. What I did first is heat the plug with a butane torch then use a chisel to loosen it up soak in nutcracker and wd40 and repeat took a while but worked |
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| Author: | primejo07 [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
thanks for all your input guys, i ended up griding it back to the plug and buying a bigger, stronger easy out. it took a heck of a lot to get it out but it finally came. so relieved  now my babys back on the road! woo
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| Author: | trity [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transmission Drain Plug |
yeah thats what i ended up doing, mine was stuck a beauty - got a massive easyout and used a breaker bar and a 10mm socket... bingo came out |
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