Ok, I read through the DIY transmission fluid/filter change and i understand everything except....

Where is the nut located to turn the TC to get the drain plug to the bottom and how do I access it?
I believe I read on here it was the crankcase pulley nut (27 mm) but the only place I could see it possibly being was directly behind the radiator fan/ shroud, and getting to it seems unecessarily complex. Both the DIY and the official instructions don't really say, and I read older threads on this but never see the exact location or how to get to it.

The allen head plug on my transmission pan is stripped (the allen insert, not the screw itself), so I used a topsider to suck out about 3 1/2 quarts of ATF through the dipstick then dropped the pan.... this worked surprisingly well.

So I changed about 2/3 of the fluid and changed the filter, but in a couple thousand miles, if I can figure out how, I'll drain the TC and the pan and change all the fluid. Anyone had any luck getting a stripped plug out? What did you replace it with?

Thanks
John

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1995 E320 119,000 miles