When you install the new drain plug, clean the threads in the pan [maybe
even a blast of brake cleaner] then coat the plug threads with Never Seize.
Next time you drain the oil, the plug will come out.
I've been doing that trick with steel drain plugs that go into aluminum
manual transmission
On 2021-03-13 19:41, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Nice. I have a set of those, I don't remember ever using them although
I must have bought them for some purpose...
I bought Irwin sets of Metric and SAE when they were on sale at Advance
and I had a $35 off on $85 coupon I wanted to use.
Great job
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 7:19 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I tapped it firmly onto the rounded bolt head and then attached a ratchet
> to it and turned. It bit into the head of the bolt and broke it loose
> immediately.
Nice. I have a set of those, I don't remember ever using them although I must
have bought them for some purpose...
-Curt
On Saturday, March 13, 2021, 6:21:28 PM EST, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
wrote:
I used an OEM brand extractor from Autozone and it worked like a champ! Thanks
I tapped it firmly onto the rounded bolt head and then attached a ratchet to it
and turned. It bit into the head of the bolt and broke it loose immediately.
Very impressed.
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> On Mar 13, 2021, at 6:59 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> How did you use it? Did you
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Subject: [MBZ] Rounded drain plug success!
I used an OEM brand extractor from Autozone and it worked like a champ! Thanks
How did you use it? Did you pound it on, or just twist it on?
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Max
Charleston SC
On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 6:21 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I used an OEM brand extractor from Autozone and it worked like a champ!
> Thanks to all who suggested
Way to go Dimitri
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 6:21 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I used an OEM brand extractor from Autozone and it worked like a champ!
> Thanks to all who suggested that approach. I’m a believer! New drain plug
>
