WTBorrow: 17mm Allen - Akl

[mops 4]

Hello.

I'm wanting to borrow 17mm Allen key, so I could change oil in my manual tranny on my e30 325i. I could pick/drop off up in auckland area. Replay here or PM. Thanks in advance.

[petone 0]

I just made one using a nut screwed onto a 17mm hexhead bolt. If the nut and bolt keep coming undone just use a couple of small welds to hold them together.

[Grant 4]

Hello.

I'm wanting to borrow 17mm Allen key, so I could change oil in my manual tranny on my e30 325i. I could pick/drop off up in auckland area. Replay here or PM. Thanks in advance.

I have one, but am pretty sure Gus has it (he borrowed it some time back).

Gus, do you still have it? If so can you lend it to Mops (or drop it off at my place and Mops can come grab it).

Cheers

Grant

[Gus 5]

yep still got it....gimme a PM or email angus@bimmersport.co.nz to sort something out

[Carl 3]

Pussy

Use the bolt and pipewrench technique as similarly suggested by Mike

E: And replace the fluid with Redline MTL

Edited September 12, 2005 by ///Carl

[mops 4]

Yeh, i tried the 17mm bolt and i found several I had that would do the job perfectly. However. I could not find a nut that would go on that bolt in my rather limited nut/bolt collection. I dont have a welder either, so welding up a tool was not an option

I tried bending the bolt (so I could grab it with a pipe or something), but I snapped off one in half, and the other one i tried I snapped the hex top of.

At that point I decided to organize proper tool

[Carl 3]

Just use the pipewrench on the bolt, works for me and Ian, using a nut in addition to teh bolt is for pussies like Mike

[325GRANT 0]

maybe this is a stupid idea .... but why not just go to repco and buy one???

[mops 4]

Yes, that was an option. I really hate to buy tools for 1 job.

I Tell you what.... next time I need to use 17mm Allan key, I'll go and buy one for myself, but I dont think it will be anytime soon.

Re. Pipewrench... I dont have one....

Seriously ppl... If I had a way of making a remotely siutable tool that would do the job I would do it with no hesitation....

Another way I thought about would be a bolt with siutable hex hear (I have plenty of them), and two nuts (to counter tighten them, so you can undo that fill/drain plug on theg'box - no welding neccesery and normal spanner/wrench would do the job)... but dont have the nuts that would siut thread on that bolt........

[mops 4]

Besides, Where do you get your RedLine MTF from ?

Aparently shop called "Revolution" on Penrose has it for about $32.95/litre

any other places ??? I'd prefer closer to Auckland CBD ?

Cheers.

Mops.

[petone 0]

watch it princess

There was no way the plug was coming out with just a pipe wrench. I doubt they had been touched in 5 years. They were almost as bad as the diff plugs, I had to hang off the end of a meter long extension to get them undone, broke my allen key as well.

[Gus 5]

using a proper tool makes it 10x easier and doesnt break sh*t

repco don't stock such a large size, have a suspicion its because they have wheel lock nuts in that size.

[Jimocles 0]

i've got one but I'm not sending it to akl

I got from a specialist tool place up top of Hobson st

only cost me about $14 from memory

but if any welly guys want to borrow no problem

in fact a special tool register by region might be handy

thoughts?