Anyone any foolproof methods for getting oil level plugs out of axles ? My 2a front and rear level plugs are too tight (SPOT) and they are not perfectly square. Realising my spanner was not going to move 'em I didn't risk making matters worse, as they aren't leaking (yet, though they could be dry!)...
How about buying some replacements and then using a pipe wrench to undo the ones in the axles? Pipe wrenches are very good at getting stuck things undone, they tend to wreck what you're undoing but get it undone they do.
well, doesnt sound a difficult job, alls needed is brute force.
get a pair of 12" (or more) stilsons then just swing on them, maybe heat the plug/filler thing up first, but id bet a tenner it would come loose imediatley.
Button bashing in practice for another round of Daley Thompson's Decathlon, terry left Shakespeare to the monkeys by typing...
If male, stillsons and a couple of feet of scaffold pipe after several applications of Plus-Gas (NOT WD40 - doesn't penetrate unless you submerge the plug in a bath of it for several weeks). Tapping the stilsons/scaffold bar 'gently' with a hammer has always worked for me. Slight chewing may occur, but new drain plugs are always available (just visit your local LR dealer in the early hours and take your pick from the many available. The filler plug is less messy to 'borrow' than the drain plug...
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