Oil pan bolt on 860

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Definitely buy a new plug before you take the old one out. Otherwise you'll be repeating the process next year.

As I recall, the threads on the oil drain plug are inboard of the gasket that seals between the oil pan and the plug. How is it that any penetrating oil can get past the gasket and get to the threads? Never mind that the threads are pretty well soaked in engine oil.

soundguy

Use a pipe wrench if it is rounded. once you get it off, either repalce.. or take a grinder or file and file new flats back into it to a standard size.. or weld a big hex nut tot he nub o fthe plug.. anything you can get a good wrench on will help.

Soundguy

Reminds me of when I changed fluids in my "new" 1962 Ford 4000. I don"t think the previous owners changed them too often, a 2ft pipe wrench with a 3ft pipe on it wouldn"t budge the oil drain plug. I had to remove the pan full of oil, clamp the pan upside down to the steel body of the dump truck, then used the torch and the pipe wrench/pipe combo to get it out. A little difficult heating the cast plug enough without overheating the pan, I had to gently straighten the pan around the hole after the plug was out.

I hope yours isn"t as bad, and you will probably need a new plug, mine didn"t survive the extraction operation (the screen inside didn"t like all the heat).

Warren