Stripped transmission fill plug

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does anyone know how to get it out?


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heat the trans housing aroudn the plug and get a pipe wrench witha long cheater pipe, if there isn't enough of a head left to get a pipe wrench on, weld a bar to it sounds extreme but simtimes you have to resort to extreme measures

I wonder why they decided to use square head plugs, most people and even shops do nto have the propper 4 or 8 point sockets and they jam 6 or 12 point sockets on a strip the head

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Ok thanks man but I do not have a welding machine nor a torch. I dropped the exhaust (which was a pleasent experience) to gain 3 inches of room but after hours of trying to break the seal no luck. Do you think I should drop the transmission (which will be another pleasent experience)? Any suggestions.

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The first couple of pics look like the square is in a better shape lol? What I normally do is put my impact gun on them, instead of reefing on the square it just "impacts" and loosens obviously as the gun is meant too. Take it to a shop with a gun and see if they can loosen it. If not your only other choice is welding a bolt to it or vice grips.

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someone out a drain plug in your fill hole, the female should be the drain plug the fill plug should be a positive 4 sided head

just pull the trans and take it to a machine shop for removal, pulling the trans isn't that bad, and with the exhaust out really doesn't take too long

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thanks guyz


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