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Subject: Drain plugs
From: "ebachman" <ebachman@fuse.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 13:13:54 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
Cc: "Triumphs" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
I don't recall the accessibility of the plug, but your best bet if it is not
too rounded is file/grind it down square again and use a smaller socket that
fits the new size.

Good Luck!

Eric Bachman
'73 TR6  CF8981U

> Thanks for the advice. I used the twelve point and rounded off
> the corners (really bad). I will get the eight points but wanted
> to ask your advice regarding the "rounded" plug.
>
> If the plug is rounded so bad that the eight point will not grip
> to unscrew plug (or plug is frozen), what other advice could you
> lend a frustrated TR6 owner who only wants to treat his car right
> and give it some fresh transmission oil.
>
> Thanks
>
> Scott Suhring
> Elizabethtown, PA
> '70 TR6


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