Fumoto drain plug for the transmission?/Stripped Fill PLUG!!

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anewstartinchrist
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Please at least consider the possibility... But I wanted to ask the community if Fumoto makes a drain plug that would fit the RE7R01A(M37/Q70) transmission pan? Google says the trans bolt size is a M10-1.5. Not sure if that's correct. Would it make sense to add one if one exist? I plan on doing more drain and fills with Amsoil ATF. If anyone does know please feel free to chime in. Thanks in advance.

P.S. Recently had an issue when tightening the original torx T30 fill plug and stripped the torx head. :mad: :mad: When I did the first drain/fill I thought I had also ordered a fill plug so I had to use the original which Nissan apparently didn't replace when I had them do a flush. They didn't replace the drain plug either, only the washer. When I dropped the pan and replaced the filter I replaced the pan gasket, bolts, and the drain plug. I knew I ordered a fill plug with everything else but it somehow got misplaced. I have tried a couple of bolt extractors with no luck. And trying to grip the fill plug head with adjustable locking pliers to attempt to turn the bolt by hand didn't work either. No matter how tight I locked them it would just slip & spin. So I may have to replace the whole pan which will come with a new fill and drain plug already installed. But I may just reuse the pan bolts and will buy a new gasket again. I believe the service manual says to torque the fill plug to 9 ft lbs(108 in lbs.) But it seems that is too tight because I can't get it back off after stripping the head further after Nissan messed with it :mad: Any advice would be appreciated.


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You can always remove the original bolt and take it to a home improvement store and try to screw it into one of those thread testers (or buy a set on Amazon)...this will let you get the valve before the next time you need to use it.

anewstartinchrist
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Ilya wrote:
Sat Mar 29, 2025 8:07 pm
You can always remove the original bolt and take it to a home improvement store and try to screw it into one of those thread testers (or buy a set on Amazon)...this will let you get the valve before the next time you need to use it.
Thank you! I actually didn't even think of this and I've done this in the past on home improvement projects.


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