Matthew Currie
NAXJA Member #760
- Location
- Vermont, land of big clay
Why on earth can't they standardize the bloody drain plugs on a vehicle????
It's not rocket science. I've had vehicles that had plugs you could take off with a single tool. And what brain-damaged wanker thought to replace the huge, easily accessed 32 mm. plugs on the transfer case with 10 mm allen heads? Which, of course, some previous owner's knuckle-dragging mechanic rounded off using a 3/8 inch allen wrench, so that I had to spend a good part of my morning welding a wrench to the remains of the plug to get it out...!!
It would be sooooooo simple just to have every plug on every component on the vehicle have a 3/8 inch square recess, and nobody would ever have any trouble getting the damn things out.
Ok, rant over. I got my TC flushed, but it shouldn't have taken all day!
It's not rocket science. I've had vehicles that had plugs you could take off with a single tool. And what brain-damaged wanker thought to replace the huge, easily accessed 32 mm. plugs on the transfer case with 10 mm allen heads? Which, of course, some previous owner's knuckle-dragging mechanic rounded off using a 3/8 inch allen wrench, so that I had to spend a good part of my morning welding a wrench to the remains of the plug to get it out...!!
It would be sooooooo simple just to have every plug on every component on the vehicle have a 3/8 inch square recess, and nobody would ever have any trouble getting the damn things out.
Ok, rant over. I got my TC flushed, but it shouldn't have taken all day!