When you install the new drain plug, clean the threads in the pan [maybe
even a blast of brake cleaner] then coat the plug threads with Never Seize.
Next time you drain the oil, the plug will come out.
I've been doing that trick with steel drain plugs that go into aluminum
manual transmission
On 2021-03-13 19:41, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Nice. I have a set of those, I don't remember ever using them although
I must have bought them for some purpose...
I bought Irwin sets of Metric and SAE when they were on sale at Advance
and I had a $35 off on $85 coupon I wanted to use.
Great job
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 7:19 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes <
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> I tapped it firmly onto the rounded bolt head and then attached a ratchet
> to it and turned. It bit into the head of the bolt and broke it loose
> immediately.
Nice. I have a set of those, I don't remember ever using them although I must
have bought them for some purpose...
-Curt
On Saturday, March 13, 2021, 6:21:28 PM EST, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
wrote:
I used an OEM brand extractor from Autozone and it worked like a champ! Thanks
I tapped it firmly onto the rounded bolt head and then attached a ratchet to it
and turned. It bit into the head of the bolt and broke it loose immediately.
Very impressed.
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> On Mar 13, 2021, at 6:59 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> How did you use it? Did you
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I used an OEM brand extractor from Autozone and it worked like a champ! Thanks
How did you use it? Did you pound it on, or just twist it on?
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Max
Charleston SC
On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 6:21 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes <
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> I used an OEM brand extractor from Autozone and it worked like a champ!
> Thanks to all who suggested
Way to go Dimitri
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 6:21 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes <
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> I used an OEM brand extractor from Autozone and it worked like a champ!
> Thanks to all who suggested that approach. I’m a believer! New drain plug
>
On 2021-03-12 18:08, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote:
I think I’m going to try that actually!
https://www.irwin.com/tools/screw-bolt-extractors/9-pc-fractional-bolt-extractor-set
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I used a 5 gallon fuel can and an old house tank vacuum cleaner for a
make-shift "Topsider" that worked surprisingly well considering that the
plastic 5 gallon can collapsed under the leaky vacuum. The hand pumped
Topsider did not appeal to me, but you should be able to substitute an
electric
I think I’m going to try that actually!
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> On Mar 12, 2021, at 11:42 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Since the drain plug head is already destroyed, I'd try one of those
> sockets meant for removing rounded-off bolts. They have teeth that bite
> into the
I thought of that too.
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> On Mar 12, 2021, at 12:14 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> 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
Yes
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> On Mar 12, 2021, at 12:34 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I suggest he wants to put a new plug in it in any event.
>
> RB
>
>
>> On 12/03/2021 11:27 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
>> LOL, this is the real answer. The MB is designed for it and
The w124 diesels are a different animal from w123. Finned aluminum pan that is
not straightforward to remove and probably expensive as hell.
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> On Mar 12, 2021, at 12:35 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Why not replace the drain pan? I bought one for $28
I’m not a huge fan of the topsider. I have one and the pump failed and I
remember it taking forever to drain!
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> On Mar 12, 2021, at 5:55 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I don't remember changing the oil from underneath in that car. I thought we
> used a
I don't remember changing the oil from underneath in that car. I thought we
used a topsider.
Dwight E. Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 5:45 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
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> Buy a TopSider and never take the plug out again, that's what I've done.
>
I can’t count the number of Mercedes’ I’ve never removed a drain plug from.
Nearly every one I’ve owned.
-D
> On Mar 12, 2021, at 5:44 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Buy a TopSider and never take the plug out again, that's what I've done.
>
> Peter
>
>
Buy a TopSider and never take the plug out again, that's what I've done.
Peter
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Why not replace the drain pan? I bought one for $28 IIRC.
On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:34 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
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> I suggest he wants to put a new plug in it in any event.
>
> RB
>
>
> On 12/03/2021 11:27 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> > LOL, this
I suggest he wants to put a new plug in it in any event.
RB
On 12/03/2021 11:27 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
LOL, this is the real answer. The MB is designed for it and IIRC several
people have shown you get as much or more oil out going up as going down.
-Curt
On Friday,
LOL, this is the real answer. The MB is designed for it and IIRC several
people have shown you get as much or more oil out going up as going down.
-Curt
On Friday, March 12, 2021, 12:22:34 PM EST, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
wrote:
Use a topsider??
Dwight E. Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On
Use a topsider??
Dwight E. Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 11:22 AM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> 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
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
Since the drain plug head is already destroyed, I'd try one of those
sockets meant for removing rounded-off bolts. They have teeth that bite
into the fastener, and I've had good luck with them. Available at Harbor
Fright or probably any big box store.
Allan
Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Not enough there to get a vicegrips on it?
-D
> On Mar 12, 2021, at 11:22 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
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
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