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Trying to remove the rear end filler plug to check and change gear oil (1950 3100) plug seems to have been in there a while tried a 3/4" open end wrench and adjustable Must just be stuck any tips tricks or suggestions ?

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It's a pipe thread, try tightening it slightly then loosen. Also might find a square socket to get a good bite on the plug.


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if you can get a square socket on it as BC59 suggested, you might try an impact. A lot of times, the blows from an impact will knock things loose that don't want to come loose by brute force.


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Thanks guys finally got it! square socket long bar and hammer - I think it may have been it there since the truck left the factory.....


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Don't think it's pipe thread, the ones I've run across are straight thread with a gasket.

On stuck ones a pair of Knipex Plier Wrench have worked great for me.


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Originally Posted by Grigg
Don't think it's pipe thread, the ones I've run across are straight thread with a gasket.

On stuck ones a pair of Knipex Plier Wrench have worked great for me.
That's correct. It's straight thread with a gasket. '63 and later have pipe threads for the filler, though.


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