Making a custom bolt for a transmission drain plug.

The manual transmission's drain plug on a JK is situated right above the exhaust. It is impossible to get a tool in there. Need a custom 17mm nut thing too. I think this is because the transmission is german.

Found a nut, it's 3/4 inches, bigger than the 11/16 inches or so that 17 mm translates too.

Maybe I can just grind off some off the extra width. Going to use a fat grinder disk.

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On this angle grinder, to get off the old disk, you have press the button and spin the disk until it locks in place.

Then use the provided tool to loosen the nut that holds it on.

Using the handle is important, things can get real dangerous without it.

After grinding the nut fits and is usable, but I don't like it. Feel like eventually I might strip the drain plug.

Time for another solution. Tightening a 11/16 inch bolt + nut together.

Cutting off the extra thread with a hacksaw.

Here it is. One end is used to tighten the plug, the other end to loosen.