Sump Plug

[Ian UsmarParticipant @ianusmar79339]

Many thanks for all your responses. I have had a look and it fits nicely into the back of a 3/8 Socket so now all I need as bolt and a few nuts to fit the said socket then another socket etc. on the other end. Bobs your Uncle fanny's your aunt. Hopefully. I sprayed with release oils yesterday and it looked like it went into the thread?

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

If a 3/8 drive fits over it, can you get a 3/8 drive socket for a 3/8 square?

Or if you use a reversed socket, rather than use a bolt and nuts (which may slip on it ) why not use a short piece of hexagon bar? To avoid the need for a second same size socket, take a larger piece of hexagon and and reduce one end for long enough to engage fully into another socket to fit?

If you can use an impact driver, that may provide the shock need to break the threads loose. Once moved, it ought to be easier to continue unscrewing the plug.

Howard

[Brian WoodParticipant @brianwood45127]

I might be tempted to make a square headed socket a short distance away from the end in a piece of 30 mm flat strip having some thickness about it and keep that in the toolbox for when it is needed next time.

A snug fit on the square head of the plug and a thump on the far end with a hammer should shift it with ease in the future.

Regards

Brian

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Had this problem on occasion, as a last resort, drill a snug fitting hole in the end of a piece of stout flat bar, place over the square, and mig weld it onto the plug. The heat from the welding will expand the whole shebang, and out it will come, fit a new sump plug, preferably something with a hex head!

[vintage engineerParticipant @vintageengineer]

Ordinary 12 point sockets will fit square heads.

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

Ian Did you get the sump plug out !

David

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