Re: How To Remove Tranny drain plug?

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>
To: Fred Munro <munrof@isys.ca>
Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: How To Remove Tranny drain plug?


>Fred Munro wrote:
>
>>     As I was picking up the parts from my local Audi dealer to do the
tranny
>> axle flange seals on my '91 200q, the parts man cautioned me not to strip
>> the drain or fill plugs. He says the replacement plugs are not 17 mm
allen
>> drive - they are a Torx type drive with a central pin and require a
special
>> Audi tool to install and remove.
>
>If the hole for the bit is big enough, just snap the damn pin off and use a
>regular Torx bit. Special tool, yeah, it's called a Dremel.
>

    That's assuming it's a standard Torx socket, Todd. Knowing Audi, it's
probably some weird misbeggoten son-of-a-metric whatsit.

Fred