Tranny Drain Plug Problem

[cary]

I went to do a drain and refill on my tranny today and low and behold, the drain plug simply spins. It won't tighten and it won't loosen. I was the last person to do a fluid change, so I know it wasn't overtorqued. Does anyone know if the nut it screws into can come loose? Any ideas how to get it out? Do I need to pull the pan? BTW, it is a 1996.

Thanks

Cary

 

[whodat]

I just replaced my pan because of this.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=22970&highlight=drain+spinning

I think C-Dan has one more on his shelf.

 

[whodat]

I don't think there was a nut it screws into, if i remember correctly the threads were on the pan.

 

[cruiserdan]

I just replaced my pan because of this.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=22970&highlight=drain+spinning

I think C-Dan has one more on his shelf.

I do have a 343 pan in stock.(We thought UPS lost one I sent to him so I grabbed another, in the meantime the original was found) As it is accross town at rhe moment I ca'nt peek at it but I believe it has a welded "nut" of sorts in the bottom.

 

[whodat]

I just inspected the old pan, there is a round reinforced area around the plug(possibly a round welded nut)...my 'nut' was not loose, the threads were stripped.

 

[cary]

Crap, I better get a price for the pan. I was hoping that it was just he bolt.


Cary

 

[e9999]

well, heck, it'll cost ya $10 to have a nut welded on there...
or D&T for a bigger bolt
odd that it spins but doesn't leak, though
(not overtorqued eh? )
E

 

[cary]

I think the idea of pulling the pan and getting a new nut sounds the best. I am pretty careful about not overtorquing bolts, in fact I am the anal type that uses a torque wrench on nearly everything.

 

[landtoy80]

<I am the anal type that uses a torque wrench on nearly everything.>

Have you checked you torque wrench to see if its in spech?