lube drain nut HEX tool!!! 4kq

[frank j. bauer]

At 03:27 PM 3/19/2003, Aaron Ryba wrote:
>I recently went to drain and refill the center and
>rear diff lube on my 87 4kcsq and was surprised that
>the drain and full plugs are actually threaded worm
>nuts (female).
>
>It looks as if I would need fairly large HEX drive
>bits to take them out, (24 mm or so!) using a drive.
>The rear fill looks a bit smaller than the rear drain.
>
>Can anyone give me some advice on where to get these
>tools, no luck with craftsman.

something like this:
http://www.samstagsales.com/images/hz985-17.jpg

or this:
http://www.samstagsales.com/images/hz2567-1.jpg

or craftsman sells a 17mm hex key that works.
iirc there is no clearance for the hex key or socket for the rear diff
drain, which explains why the short leg of my 17mm hex key is cut down an
inch or so...

frank