[DML] Re: Changing oil question

["Richard" <dmc_driver@xxxxxxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "secret_jedi_guy"
<secret_jedi_guy@xxxx> wrote:
> 
 I can't figure out how to get the 
> plug out of the oil pan.  It looks like it just has a square hole 
> where you put in a ratched with no socket and unscrew it that way, 
> but everything I've tried is either too small or too big.  It looks 
> like the same plug on the transmission fluid pan but it is hard to 
> see.  Is there a special tool to get the plug out?
> 
> Thanks for the help
> 
> Japheth VIN: 1223

You can make the tool yourself quite easily and cheaply.  Go to your
local hardware store and ask for a piece of 5/16" square key-stock. It
comes in 2ft lengths or something like that which is way more than you
need, but it's so inexpensive anyway.  Put a 90 degree bend about 1/2
to 3/4" from one end and cut off the excess.  It's easier to heat it
with a torch first.  You now have a square "allen key" which will fit
perfectly into that drain plug.  Use the remainder of the key-stock to
make more of these for your other DeLorean friends.  

Richard Rowe
VIN 5853 








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