Stuffed gearbox drain plug

[Rayage]

Hi,

I have an interesting problem here... the drain plug on my gearbox is rooted. That is, it's impossible to get a wrench of any sorts on it. So, short of unbolting the gearbox and dropping it down, is there any other way of getting the plug undone?

At the moment, 2nd gear crunches when engaging it from 1st. This only occurs from a cold start. Once the gearbox oil warms up, it's okay. But for now, I have to be very slow on the 1st -> 2nd gear changes when the car is cold.

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Rayage

Edit: It could be the filler plug. Not sure which one. This is according to my mech. Either way, I can't change the gearbox oil.

[Kinks]

normally a half inch socket drive goes into the plug and rotates it, i'm gathering it's been rounded off though. The standard practice for fixing that is welding a nut onto the top of the drain plug and getting another wrench on there.

[Rayage]

Yea it's been rounded off. That sounds like a good idea; I'll suggest it the next time I see my mech.

[jake32]

Hi,

I have an interesting problem here... the drain plug on my gearbox is rooted. That is, it's impossible to get a wrench of any sorts on it. So, short of unbolting the gearbox and dropping it down, is there any other way of getting the plug undone?

At the moment, 2nd gear crunches when engaging it from 1st. This only occurs from a cold start. Once the gearbox oil warms up, it's okay. But for now, I have to be very slow on the 1st -> 2nd gear changes when the car is cold.

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Rayage

Edit: It could be the filler plug. Not sure which one. This is according to my mech. Either way, I can't change the gearbox oil.

just try gearbox additive..nulon type thing... remove shift lever inside car to put it in