Hodge's new 4.2

[Hodge]

About to find out the state of milk shake in the diff

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[Hodge]

15 minutes in and the drain plug isn't playing nice ... Breaker bar bending , any more force and i'm worried I'll strip the square hole and then i'm really up shit creek.

[nissannewby]

Trying doing it up a little bit first hodge then undo.

Or with a bit of weight on it hit the head of the breaker bar as your trying to undo.

[Hodge]

Trying doing it up a little bit first hodge then undo.

Or with a bit of weight on it hit the head of the breaker bar as your trying to undo.

Thanks Matt, I tried all of that, bit of shock force. Tapping the breaker bar and a socket wrench while applying good force on it.
As last resort ran over to Mudskis and borrowed his big bertha rattle gun and the plug still kept laughing at me... I think I've crossed the point now where it is border line butchered and a bit more force I reckon and it'll fully strip.

[threedogs]

Maybe sacrifice a socket and weld it to the plug,
amazes me how some ppl do things up so tight

[nissannewby]

They have to be pretty bad before they will strip. The worst thing you could have done is use the rattle gun. With it as it stands give the plug a few good hits with a hammer. This should deform it a little and hopefully tighten the square up a little. I have broken breaker bars before stripping the square out so they can take quite a bit of force.

[threedogs]

X 2 a few solid thumps will shock it and square up the,,,,,,, well square.
Do you have a big allen key that will fit you can belt the begeezus out of

[Hodge]

Thanks again. Just given it a few more goes with all my might... I believe hernia is in order after that.
But she is now beyond fixable as it's pretty rounded and the breaker bar is a throw away / bent item. As i don't have a welder it's off to the workshop.
I'll just do the breathers while I'm under there and guess book her in at the mechanics.

[gaddy]

First time i did mine they would not budge, bit of heat and my 110kg on the breaker bar and all good ....

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[Hodge]

Well mission accomplished.
Huge thanks to Bloodyaussie for saving the day. Came around and attempted the cold chisel approach. She didn't budge. Then went around to his place and he welded a bolt on and eventually freed her up! Legend!

Well surprisingly the old oil was water-free and fairly clean. When I cut the old breather hose off, that was dry and no oil or water has been through there... Still don't know why the filler leaked. The old drain plug magnet has micro shavings but no chunks I could feel with finger...
Also installed the diff breathers while I was at it. As well as both new filler and drain plug thanks to Mudski.

I thought I had a H260 ? But she only dumped and swallowed 2.5-2.7L which points to a H233B ? Car was very level during the process so, don't know.
Glad it's over. Again, Big thanks to Jonothan again for the weld and help and Mudski for the plugs and the rattle gun. And thanks to the old plug for a hernia buldge and thanks to Tom Thumb for new muscles I grew during filling. Never doing that again.