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Oil drain plug wrench, 1942-48
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tex42 |
03-18-2013 @ 5:31 AM
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Did Ford make a special oil drain plug wrench for the 42-48 V8 engines? I have not seen one. Several people have listed one that looks like the Model T hub cap wrench on e-bay. These are 8 sided and the drain plug is 6 sided. Anyone have a picture or does anyone repo one?
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42wagon |
03-18-2013 @ 6:37 AM
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Are you looking for one just to hang on the wall in your garage or to actually use? I have both a large adjustable wrench and a large socket wrench that work fine for removing and installing this plug.
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supereal |
03-18-2013 @ 6:45 AM
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We had those special wrenches when I worked for a Ford dealer, but generally used a large pair of Chanellock pliers, instead, as I do today. It allows you to hold on to the plug so you don't have to fish it out of the drain pan, and helps keep from giving you an oil bath as the plug comes out.
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4dFordSC |
03-18-2013 @ 7:11 AM
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This is what I use: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DRAIN-PLUG-WRENCH-748-c-1940-APCO-MOSSBERG-Co-Packard-ESSEX-Graham-HUDSON-/380600649118?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item589d91059e
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Stroker |
03-18-2013 @ 9:44 AM
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I still have my "dealer-style" off-set wrench. I believe it was made by KD-Tools, and has a round, knurled handle about 5" long that you could slide a pipe over if needed. The hex end was a thin, 6-point, about the same depth as the plug hex. Since I have a 59A with a truck pan on my 38, I still use the wrench.
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tex42 |
03-18-2013 @ 2:00 PM
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neet wrench, where did you get it?
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Stroker |
03-18-2013 @ 2:17 PM
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Tex42: I grew up on a ranch in California. We had a number of Ford Cars and Trucks, plus a couple of flathead powered wind machines. It hung on the wall by our service pit for years, until I absconded with it. Since the trucks all had 11-inch clutches, they also had the truck-style 2-piece oil pans, and the big plugs.
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trjford8 |
03-20-2013 @ 8:41 AM
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I'll bet those flathead wind machines were used to keep the frost off the prunes!
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Stroker |
03-20-2013 @ 11:37 AM
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I've never seen a "prune" tree, only plums. Actually they were used to protect lemons from frost. We'd run the wind machines 10 hours a night, which translates to about 500 miles were the motors installed in cars. As you can see, we drained a lot of oil in the course of a cold spell, and those big plugs were mighty nice.
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Steves46 |
03-20-2013 @ 5:44 PM
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Here's the one I got from Vern Tardel. www.verntardel.com/collections/engine/products/drain-plug-wrench
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