A new twist for a stripped T/C drain
 

After fighting with and losing to an easily stripped torque convertor drain plug, I remembered an old shade tree method. I wrapped the 5 mil hex with a piece of a paper shop towel and using a small machinist ball peen hammer, tapped it into the plug. Gave the ratchet a pull and heard the delightful sound of the plug breaking the torque. The same method can be used to keep nuts in a socket for those hard to reach places. Just remember to start the nut by hand to prevent crossthreading.

Paper shop towel, I haven`t heard of that before. valve grinding compound will work also. thanks for the info.

Charlie ☺

um, explain this in more detail. please...
stripped to me indicates that the nut turns but does not tighten...
I think you are describing a situation where the bolt will not turn due to socket damage...

i think he is talking about the female part of hex heads that wear out from improper seating of the hex wrench.

the shop towel will make the hex wrench a bit bigger.

79300sdtd is correct, I am refering to the 5 mil female hex as being rounded off to the point where the 5 mil male bit will just rotate with out making enough contact to handle any torque.