I thought of that too. Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 12, 2021, at 12:14 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I wouldn't think it likely that you will set the engine oil on fire in the > length of time it would take to weld something onto the plug. Why not use a > Nut rather than a socket. Just hold it up there with vice grips and weld in > the middle of the nut. > > RB > >> On 12/03/2021 10:22 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: >> Yup like the idiot that I am I rounded the oil drain plug on the 90 300D >> 2.5. It was in bad shape to begin with and tight so there you have it. I >> haven’t done anything this stupid since my early twenties when I started >> wrenching on cars. My plan of attack is to weld a cheap 13 mm socket onto it >> and hope for the best. Is this a bad idea to do on a drain pan filled with >> oil? I’ll be mig welding. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
