RE: Transmission filler plug Help Needed

[Richard Hudson <richard.hudson@domain.elided>]

Darwin

If this is the manual box that you are talking about I had exactly the
same problem with mine on an old Stag that I owned years ago.. There
must be some sort of a special tool that fits through the transmission
tunnel to undo the plug.. 

I thought of topping mine up through the gearstick hole, but was unsure.
Nobody could tell me whether this would work or not. Of course it was
only to be a short term fix :-)

In the end, I dropped the box down on a trolley jack while a friend
checked clearances etc on the bulkhead and gave the plug some abuse with
a set of mole grips.. Naturally to do this you will need to remove,
Radiator, exhaust intermediate pipes and propshaft. What a fuss just to
top up the gearbox..

Good luck

Richard Hudson
73 Auto White Stag

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	The Browns [SMTP:thebrown@domain.elided]
	Sent:	23 July 1998 19:52
	To:	Stag List
	Subject:	Transmission filler plug Help Needed

	I have a problem with my Stag.  I need to check the oil level.
How do you
	get the filler plug out of a transmission which will not move
with an open
	end wrench?  There is not enough access room to use a visegrip
as well as a
	lower stiffening web that prevents getting a good grip on the
square plug
	surface.  Why didn't they use a hex head, so that you could use
a socket?

	Darwin Brown
	1971 Stag
	1965 TR4