[s-cars] Help!! Evil drain plug will NOT come out

[Theodore Chen]

as you know, cheap impact wrenches don't count.  what was the rating on
that MAC?  my IR2131 is rated at 600 lb-ft.

the air chisel should work, though.  had to use it once to remove
some locking lug nuts after i lost the key.

-teddy

--- calvinlc at earthlink.net wrote:

> Hmmm....Mine wouldn't budge with 3 different impact wrenches I tried...one
> was even a MAC tools job that put out ungodly amounts of torque.  The thing
> just gets so tight because of the the aluminum pan.  Air chisel did it with
> no problem, though.
> --Calvin
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Theodore Chen
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 1:28 PM
> To: Noah; Edward; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Help!! Evil drain plug will NOT come out
> 
> 
> 
> --- Noah <noahgodwin at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > Two words:
> > Air Chisel.
> >
> > With all the soaking you've done already, I'd guess that the air chisel
> > would make short work of it. If you have air, and you don't have an air
> > chisel, you can get one for less than $20 at wal-mart.
> 
> close, but the two words i'd suggest are "impact wrench".
> 
> i had trouble with a stuck oil drain plug that rounded with a 6-point socket
> and a breaker bar applied to it.  after it slipped the first time, i didn't
> want to risk damaging the hex further, so i used an impact wrench on it.
> i have an ingersoll-rand IR2131 and an air compressor.  if you don't own
> these, you should seriously consider it.  you can also buy an electric
> impact wrench from sears for $150, and it can remove just about any nut
> or bolt on my cars.
> 
> i vaguely recall having to unbolt a little tube to get a straight
> shot at the oil drain plug.  i think this tube holds the alternator wire.
> 
> if you already rounded it off, hammer a cheap socket onto it and use
> the impact wrench.
> 
> -teddy
> 
> 
> 
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