BA 10/5 fill plug tool

[navigator]

has anyone found a supplier here in the US of such a tool? I have found several in the UK but I can't find one in the US. I tried making one out of an extension but it keeps twisting.

 

I'm getting a quote from the vendor below on shipping. If shipping isn't that much more I might get like 5 of them in case someone else needs one.

 

http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/8mm-Square ... aper-DDPK6

 

if shipping is too high, i might try getting an impact strength ext or something to try building another tool.

 

i just had another thought, my dad is a freakin machinist, i bet he can make one!

[Drahcir495]

I did not have the correct tool to remove the plugs, so I improvised. I made the tool by modifying a cheap hex wrench. I used a 3/8 Hex Wrench I had lying around and ground down two apposing sides to remove drain plug ->

[navigator]

mine is in so tight, i couldn't get enough leverage on that i don't think.

[Pete M]

Pb Blaster?

[navigator]

I'm pretty sure I sprayed it before, I'll spray it again and by the time I get something to get the plug out it might help loosen it up.

 

would it hurt to heat it a little with the torch (the little coleman fuel type)?

[dasbulliwagen]

Have you tried directly inserting a wratchet into it, or a 3/8" extension? Try that first.

[navigator]

yes, it is smaller than a 3/8 and larger than 1/4. I think the official size is 8mm which is really close to 5/16.

[Oizarod115]

get a cheap, short 3/8" extension and grind it down until it fits, then use the longest ratchet you can find and break her loose!

 

i think mine stays in the glove box... haven't needed it in a while.

good luck! :cheers:

[Eagle]

would it hurt to heat it a little with the torch (the little coleman fuel type)?

Yikes!

 

The case is aluminum. I don't think a torch is a good idea.

[navigator]

get a cheap, short 3/8" extension and grind it down until it fits, then use the longest ratchet you can find and break her loose!....

 

I've tried that already a couple times and the part that I grind down just twists until it almost breaks off.

[Pete M]

what brand extensions? :eek:

 

Sure you're trying to loosen it rather than tighten? :D j/k but you wouldn't be the first. :rotf:

 

 

PB Blaster?

[64 Cheyenne]

If your grinding on a piece of "tool" steel make sure you keep it cool,don't let it get red hot,so as you won't loose the "temper" of the steel.

[Oizarod115]

get a cheap, short 3/8" extension and grind it down until it fits, then use the longest ratchet you can find and break her loose!....

 

I've tried that already a couple times and the part that I grind down just twists until it almost breaks off.

sheesh..

the trusty alternative backup is to pull the console, and the shifter out, measure out the case capacity, DRAIN it ALLL out... and fill it up through the top.

 

i've done this before as well.

 

edit: come to think of it i think i broke my "tool" on the way out last time and had to make another one... try cutting the end with the ball off and doing it where its solid metal, that way you don't have the hollow detent ball opening decreasing strength

[Wildman]

Try here -

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=94961

[Oizarod115]

sounds like that set is missing the 10mm square drive...

 

 

"Set includes: 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 17mm hex drive; 7mm, 8mm, 11mm, 13mm square drive"

[mvusse]

Contains both an 8mm and a 5/16 square drive, either of those should work.

[aemsee]

I got one from snap on. A long time ago though

[Pete M]

I fixed mine with this:

 

[whowey]

I've always filled my from the top.....

 

Mostly because I'm too lazy to find or make a square drive tool.

[navigator]

thanks guys, Pete, I would love to put in a new tranny, an AW4 and regear but I can't afford it right now. I think I'll go with the find from Wildman and see what I can do there.

 

thanks for all the replies.

[navigator]

just an update I had a few minutes yesterday so I took a 3/8 allen head socket and ground it to about 8mm using my bench grinder. i used a squirt bottle and squirted water on it the whole time to keep it cool and it worked like a charm. The funny thing was that the plug came out really easy, I didn't even need the pipe on the end of my pull handle. Initially I thought something broke, maybe I loosened it up earlier or actually did use PB Blaster, I'm not sure.

 

I ended up having to put what seems like a 1/2 gallon of gear oil in it so It won't surprise me if you see a new thread soon asking questions about replacing the BA 10/5 :-)

[Oizarod115]

just an update I had a few minutes yesterday so I took a 3/8 allen head socket and ground it to about 8mm using my bench grinder. i used a squirt bottle and squirted water on it the whole time to keep it cool and it worked like a charm. The funny thing was that the plug came out really easy, I didn't even need the pipe on the end of my pull handle. Initially I thought something broke, maybe I loosened it up earlier or actually did use PB Blaster, I'm not sure.

 

I ended up having to put what seems like a 1/2 gallon of gear oil in it so It won't surprise me if you see a new thread soon asking questions about replacing the BA 10/5 :-)

nah, as long as you hate its existence it'll last forever just to torture you :yes:

[akamcbird]

nah, as long as you hate its existence it'll last forever just to torture you :yes:

 

that was definitely worth reading!!!!

[navigator]

yeah, i'd love to go AW4 and regear but i don't think it will ever happen.

Auto's work much better on boat ramps than manuals.

[Pete M]

Meh. I think the 3.07 gears are hurting you the most.

 

lower gears = more control

 

Are you using low range on the ramps?