There is a gorilla on the loose in southern New Hampshire. The last known sighting was a couple years ago in Manchester, where he was seen tightening an oil drain plug onto a blue 1994 Buick Century.

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Poor sumbich must be freezing his ass off.

It's actually kind of warm here right now -- ~30*. Long as he has a place for the night, he should be OK. Not that I care.

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

never mind, I thought maybe Chris Christie had gone rogue. Or something.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

I think they've got Christie in restraints now. The bigger fear around here is Rob Ford.

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

I can see a bright idea on the horizon ,capture King Kong ,the prize , a beautiful girl .

Vise grips work well as does pulling the oil from the dip stick.

Make sure you buy a brand new one to replace the bad one

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

Last I heard, after a career with Samsonite, he was seen slinging luggage at Logan Int'l.

I too have encountered drain plugs tightened by, I'm pretty sure, that same gorilla. It has a way of getting around and surviving in diverse habitats. I once had a drain plug on my BMW tranny tightened a wee bit too tight. I eventually got pissed and used a huge easy out - needs a pilot hole of about 3/8 IIRC - and jammed that thing in there. This after heating the hell out of the case after the oil had drained.

Pulled it out all right.

That had a recessed female allen hole to drill into, with a crankcase plug would need a good centered hole. I use a tiny carbide ball bit on my Dremel to make a nice little starter hole right where I want it on steel, then use a 1/16 bit to make it official. This on broken steel screws I'm trying to get out so a larger bit would be good for your application, 3/32 or 1/8 perhaps. If you get a big enough easy out, and a centered hole, you can drill out enough steel so that the remaining plug is thin enough so that tapping on the edges with a small punch could break it loose.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

It's the girl 'a my dreams.