There isnt any room to whack it. Beleive me, I would have given it a good whck of i could have 8)

I havent tried pulling the drain plug out of the bottom of it yet. I wanted to make sure I could fill it before I emptied it. I am hoping that plug isnt in so tight!

I will have a look at the bottom of the gearstick to see if I can pour in that way.

i really doubt if you can pour anything in the gear stick hole. It's just a solid shaft that goes into the trans AND considering how thick gear oil is, it's not going to seep in.
Pouring the oil in the tailshaft would work, but you would have to lift the back of your car up really high. You can't pour the oil uphill.
What about using a propane torch(plumbers torch) to heat the area around the plug, being carefull not to BBQ your ride.

ernals_ute

you can always try to "remachine" the screw head. I have done it a few times on several cars. For exemple if you have a 19 mm screw head you can grind (I think this is the word) it to 18 mm or 17 mm.

I hope it helps you.

Ricardo

Yeah, plumbers wrench thats the one, cheers ddgonzal. Thats what I have got and as ddgonzal said it bites down with its teeth as you apply more force on the wrench, similar to lock pliers/vice grips, but they dont actually lock they just get tighter.

Ooh! Doesn't that just piss you off when some gorilla overtightens the fill plug? The five speed I installed in Gil had the same problem. No matter what we tried, it would not budge.
I finally pulled one of the switches on the side and filled from there. Took a bit longer and I'm still not sure if I got the right amount in, but it did sort of work.
I learned a valuable lesson that night: remove the fill plug BEFORE installing the transmission.

G'Day All,
Around here we call them "Stillson's" (plumers wrench) As far as I know there are two types , one with a round top jaw and the other has a flat top jaw, I prefur to use the flat top jaw type if room is a prob. Use a smaller one if you can get one , should be about 8 inch's long. If you use anything bigger you will pull the tranny out on top of your self, not a good look. or break a few fingers , just make sure you have a very good grip on the plug

Oh and make sure you have a big breakfast and TAP around the plug and housing, good luck

Regards
amshaw

Thanks for all your suggestions guys.

I will crawl under the beast to do battle again this evening, and see how I go.

If I dont have any luck, you will probably hear the swearing from where you all are

SUCCESS!!!!

I finally got the mangled plug out last night.
I used my Metrinch spanner, a peice of pipe on the end, and a lot of grunting.

Thanks for your help guys

Congratulations! Even though it was years ago, I recall exactly how painful it was to get the plugs out of my 1200 tranny and diff ...

I couldn't help it, I had to look up what a "Metrinch spanner" is ... for us americans it translates to "modified combo wrench". Instead of hex or 12-point box-end, it has a odd 6-cam-shaped end, supposedly to grip on the flats of the bolt instead of the hex edges. I'm actually surprised it worked for this purpose ...

Woo Hoo !!
Another plug bites the floor. Good to hear there wasent any blood or skin lost either !!

I bet you had a few beers to celabrate