[net.auto] oh nuts

pjc (03/15/83)

I would like to find out if anybody out there knows
what type of socket fits onto the square type
manual transmission plugs that you remove to inspect
the fluid level.  This vehicle is a 1982 Datsun
pickup truck by the way.  I know for a fact that
a 17mm metric open end wrench fits it, but neither
a 6 point or a 12 point metric 17mm socket will fit.
Someone told me that a 17mm 8 point socket will
do the job...Is this true?  If not, what do I have to use.  


                                      
                                       Extremely Perplexed,

                                       Peter Chokola
                                       Bell Laboratories
                                       Rm. # WH3E335

kos (03/16/83)

#R:houxq:-32000:uiucdcs:7700018:000:365
uiucdcs!kos    Mar 15 04:58:00 1983

An 8 pt. socket certainly should work.  The problem with the 6 and 12 pt
sockets is that the nut may be the same size between flats but the
overall diameter isn't.  Draw a square with 17-unit sides and a hexagon
with a 17-unit diameter and overlay them; you'll see the difference.



				Not afraid of a Whitworth thread,

					Phil Kos
					University of Illinois