Jb weld creation: ratchet drive drain plug

[dogememe]

What do y’all think… is it brilliant? Crazy? I jbwelded the socket onto the drain plug so I can just put the square part of the ratchet in there. Plus it will make the last part of unscrewing it by hand easy and less messy.

 

[Rand]

Going with Silly.

 

[Eddie]

No comment

 

[RooflessVW]

LOL

 

[SC Maintenance]

A solution in search of a problem?

 

[wwillson]

less messy

JB Weld a 6" extension to the socket, then you have less of a chance to get oil on your hand.

 

[Warstud]

OMG ....You just saved 2 seconds of your life

 

[oldcodger]

I really doubt that the JB is going to stick to that socket. It will work for a while, but.....

 

[atikovi]

Hope you don't drive a low rider.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

"I dont know officer." "All I know is a chunk of metal came bouncing and......................."

 

[Creekside]

No excuse to round it off now!

 

[Chris Meutsch]

 

[vtec260]

Time to patent that creation. Fumoto and likes should be concerned.
Joking aside, good idea. I would make an engine oil drain plug with square built in. Something like Honda/Acura does with their transmission drain plugs.

 

[BHopkins]

I'm not sure what you have accomplished here. Were you always having a hard time remembering what size the drain plug hex is, so you figured it would be easier to just remember that you need a 3/8" drive?

 

[spasm3]

You are just trying not to lose you last 10mm socket. ( I know it's probably 13mm).

 

[92saturnsl2]

On most of my vehicles the drain plug sits reasonably low and I wouldn't trust a JB-welded socket to adhere to it long term especially exposed to debris, flying objects, water, salt, etc... Personally, I'd just go with a new drain bolt of the appropriate thread size/pitch with whatever head size or square drive I desired. My fear would be that the socket will be long gone in a few months (due to applying to two shiny surfaces) leaving a messy hex head with JB weld slathered all over it that a socket won't attach to.

Keep us updated if it works though!

 

[vavavroom]

A missed opportunity. You could have welded an extra-long L-Hex key to the drain bolt. No wrench is needed.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

Time to patent that creation. Fumoto and likes should be concerned.
Joking aside, good idea. I would make an engine oil drain plug with square built in. Something like Honda/Acura does with their transmission drain plugs.

Not bad. Likely not done a lot due to possible weakening of the bolt head & maybe prone to break easy.
We all joke n rib one another. Joking aside. I was told not long ago that a fellow I went to high school with invented some simple small accessory tool for holding welding rods and is today in the millions and was then elected Mayor of the small town he was doing construction / welding work in. Diamondville, Wyoming....way up there in the wide open spaces. From welding out in the cold prairie to fat bank account and pushed into politics almost over night.

 

[D60]

The oil pan drain plugs on the 5.9 CTDs are just a female square.....3/8" IIRC?

 

[Mazomopar]

I would maybe had used the original gray J B weld for a little more security but party on. If Ford can use those plastic pan plugs with the recessed heads, who's to say.