[s-cars] Seized drain plug

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

I have also struggled with this before and second Wayne's idea.  The air
chisel worked like a champ for me in literally 30 seconds after hours of
frustration with impact wrenches, breaker bars with pipe extenions, etc.  It
was an ex-Ford mechanic who tipped me off to this approach.
--Calvin

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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Wayne Dohnal
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 3:02 PM
To: S-car list; kevin.campbell at autodesk.com
Subject: [s-cars] Seized drain plug


What finally worked for me, and others have also reported success with it,
is hitting the edge of the plug with an air chisle in the proper rotation.

Since then I've used a 6-point box wrench on it. To get it loose I hang the
wrench on the plug and kick the end of it (car is not raised for this).  It
takes a pretty firm whack to loosen it but it has had a 100% success rate.
That "older car" line is a bunch of B.S.  Touching the plug with a 12-point
wrench is a kiss-of-death for it.

Wayne Dohnal
1994 S4

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