Its called a spanner. I just bought one after a long search at a very hip
local hardware store that has virtually everything. Kinda pricey at $35.
Has a handle with a hinged curved piece that has a hook at the end that
catches on the square flanges. Works pretty good. Mine leaked too. Got a
new gasket and slathered it with Hylomar, bought the tool, tightened the
bejesus out of it. Still leaks. Less but I think it may be coming from
somewhere else. Must be marking its territory so soon after the resto.
THX: JP
'59 TR3A TS40984 "Parts All Over The House"
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> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 06:57:45 -0700 (MST)
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> Subject: Triumphs@Autox.team.net daily digest V1 #317
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> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:51:46 EST From: CarlSereda@aol.com Subject: leaky
> OD
>
> is there a simple tool to make for tightening the brass drain plug on the
> bottom of an A-type overdrive unit?
>
> Carl Sereda '63 TR4 since '74 - CT22326L
>
>>
> FWIW, I found that my gasket for the drain plug was cracked on one side,
> resulting in a leak no matter how I tightened. (I finally figured it out
> when the over-tightening broke the other side) A new gasket solved that
> particular leak. In the meantime, several people suggested making up a
> special tool to tighten the later plug (even though my OD has the early plug
> with the hex flats on it)... Randall<<
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