Here is the proper tool from AH Spares. It will work if it hasn't been
bunged up by a previous owner.
http://www.ahspares.co.uk/austin-healey/accessories/Tools/SPANNER-Overdrive-Sump-Plug.aspx
I have also seen a hook wrench from someone.
Neil Anderson
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Simon Lachlan <simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk
> wrote:
>
> Note:- 2 and 11/16ths inch. NOT 3 and 11/16ths inch. Sorreeeeee..
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> From: Simon Lachlan [mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk]
> Sent: 16 December 2014 13:10
> To: 'Healey List'
> Subject: Overdrive drain plug
>
>
>
> I have a MkII BT7 with the big flat brass plug with square cut-outs.
>
> So, I'm trying to find a tool off the shelf to facilitate the plug's
> removal.
>
> Grovelling, flat on my back with my arm extended into the oily darkness, I
> measure its width at +/- 68.5mm or 3 and 11/16inches.
>
> Does anyone know its precise size or does anyone have one accessible and be
> kind enough to measure it for me?
>
>
>
> Incidentally, the discovering the correct name of the tool that I was
> seeking initially made my task difficult. It transpires that what I, at
> least, am looking for is apparently called a "Hook wrench" or, less often,
> a
> "C-spanner". Now, those terms are apparently what we use in the
> UK........what you other guys call them is your own affair!
>
> Simon
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