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Posted by: Bruce Allert May 3 2003, 06:14 PM

Yupper, I got me a bigass17mmhex wrench. Changed the tranny oil and was amazed at how much easier it shifted.
The old oil was brownish & translucent instead of clear brown.
Sure glad I read the post about making sure you can get the fill plug out before draining it! Bet there was at least 150#'s of torque put on that dude before it let loose
bruce


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Posted by: ChrisReale May 3 2003, 06:16 PM

WOW! I need to get me one of them

Posted by: markb May 3 2003, 06:16 PM

Now that's my idea of a tool!

Posted by: Dave_Darling May 3 2003, 06:16 PM

...She said on her wedding night...



--DD

Posted by: Aaron Cox May 3 2003, 06:17 PM

i bought the hex socket. worked just as good!

Posted by: markb May 3 2003, 06:19 PM

Dave, your mind is in the gutter!! Move over, I wanna pass.

Posted by: Bruce Allert May 3 2003, 06:24 PM

Question for those "in the know"
Where else (on the 914) can this BAT be used?

Posted by: URY914 May 3 2003, 06:32 PM

No where.

You can also use a head of a bolt. Take a bolt and put double nuts on it tightened against each other. Stick the head of the bolt in the drain plug, put a open end wrench on the nut in the middle and back it out.

Paul

Posted by: jonwatts May 3 2003, 06:35 PM

I tried the double-nut trick on my VW tranny years ago. Didn't work cuz the plug was tapered and damn hard to turn. Don't remember about the 901 box's plug.

Posted by: Qarl May 3 2003, 07:01 PM

There's one for sale on E-bay right now.

Get your BAHW today!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2413972796&category=35625

Regards,

Karl

Posted by: Curvie Roadlover May 3 2003, 07:21 PM

Got mine at a FLAPS that specialized in forgien car stuff. If you ask for a VW drain plug wrench it's $6.00. I suppose if you said it's for a "porsh" it's $12.00. If you say it's for a "porsh-a" it's $20.00

Posted by: RustyWa May 3 2003, 08:44 PM

You know, that tool is like money in the bank! You'll always be able to sell that club to a scrap metal yard and get ALL your money back.

Posted by: Curvie Roadlover May 3 2003, 10:13 PM

Double your money back. Tell 'em it's made of unobtainium

Posted by: Bruce Allert May 3 2003, 10:51 PM

The only thing that would get me to relinquish mine is if someone wanted to trade me a Henway...

bruce

Posted by: jonwatts May 3 2003, 11:42 PM

What's a Henway?





(I'll play the straight man for once)

Posted by: Lawrence914-6 May 4 2003, 05:47 AM

That's a cool one... I have a 17mm allen wrench, but it's nowhere near that long. I have to use a cheater on it.

But when putting the plugs back in, I generally use a small amount of antiseize (like plugs, lugnuts, exhaust nuts). Not gobs, just a smidge. I've never had one back out on me.

-Rusty

Posted by: Bruce Allert May 4 2003, 06:25 AM

Jon,
'bout 5 pounds!
ba-da-da-dum

Posted by: rhodyguy May 4 2003, 07:13 AM

instead of that tool i used my updoc. much cheaper.

kevin

Posted by: ! May 4 2003, 09:48 AM

If you used Swepco....it would be blue.....

Posted by: Mike D. May 4 2003, 02:47 PM

Umm...translusent and clear are the same thing...
oil was brown & "Opaque" maybe...

Anyway, had to be better than the last tranny oil I drained. Looked like gold paint...powdered syncros maybe!
-Mike D.

Posted by: Bruce Allert May 4 2003, 05:42 PM

No way man
Mr. Webster says...
Transmitting light but causing sufficient diffusion to prevent perception of distinct images.
My erl was posalutely with diffusion an no way was thar any distinck thangs to gander at ('cept sum lil sparkly thangs) :flower:
bruce

Posted by: Brad Roberts May 4 2003, 05:49 PM

Bruce,

is that a pipe snake in the background on the bench ??


B

Posted by: Bruce Allert May 4 2003, 06:06 PM

Hey there Mr. B.
That is one of my garage sale ultimate finds for $5. It's a jewlers polishing tool or a bench top dremel. It's so quiet you hardly know it's running but it really has torque (don't remember what the hP of the motor is). Put a cutting wheel on it and it zips right thru. I used it with a wire brush wheel attachment to clean off the years of gunk on my injectors. Made them shine.
bruce

Posted by: Joe Ricard May 4 2003, 06:43 PM

Yup I got one of them big Ole allen wrenches back when my 928 had a stuck plug. Ended up pulling the rear cover plate off drilling a hole in the middle of the plug then used the Big Ass wrench and a BIG pipe. I always put a little of that teflon paste on the threads. Teeners have a little more wiggle room once up on the jack stands. Still got away with putting my foot up on it and grabbing the axle.