Ok guys what it is,it's a pipe plug and if it's stuburn and you can get a pipe wrench on the pipe plug go for it. Use the big guns and reefe on the pipe wrench that's what they're for. > > From: Krister Meister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/05/27 Fri AM 09:44:24 EDT > To: The Chevelle Mailing List <Chevelle-list@chevelles.net> > CC: Chevelle-list@chevelles.net, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] 4 Speed Fill Bolt/Plug > > > > > > It's a threaded plug with four sides. As already mentioned you would need > an 8 sided socket (9/16 ?) and would trust this method over an open end > wrench since it is not moving. Try some penetrating oil then heat. Work > it back and forth. Once off, the trans lube should be level with the > bottom of the fill hole. When reinstalling marginal tight is good enough. > > Krister Meister > Bloomingdale, IL > '66 SS #'s > > > > > "Dale" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'The > Chevelle Mailing List'" <Chevelle-list@chevelles.net> > Sent by: cc: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax to: > > evelles.net Subject: RE: > [Chevelle-list] 4 Speed Fill Bolt/Plug > > > > > 05/27/2005 07:15 AM > > Please respond to The > > Chevelle Mailing List > > > > > > > > > > And if the fill plug hasn't been out in quite a while, it could be a real > bear to remove. > > Dale McIntosh > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Herb Lumpp > Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:38 AM > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] 4 Speed Fill Bolt/Plug > > Hi Tom, > > It sounds like you need to get a square socket (4 sided) vice a hexagon > (more common 6 sided). > > Herb Lumpp > http://users.adelphia.net/~hlump/index.htm > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Schwartz > Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 1:35 AM > To: Chevelle-list@chevelles.net > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] 4 Speed Fill Bolt/Plug > > > HI All, > > I have a muncie 4 speed in my 69 chevelle. I want to verify that the fluid > level is at the > proper height. I went tonight to take off the cover for the fill hole. I > can't figure out if > it's a press in plug or a bolt in. The cover looks similar to a nut but > with a stem on it. Neither > fits a bolt and with a vise grip using moderate pressure it didn't move. > Can someone tell me how > to get this bolt/plug off? > > thanks > Thomas > > > > > > > > >
