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• Green Plug on Transmission by Terrin on 07 Dec, 2008 12:43
• Hello All:
  
  
  Does anybody know how to get that Green Plug off on the Transmission so that I can align the timing? Is there a a special tool? Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
• #1 by handedyourhat on 07 Dec, 2008 13:30
• There is a special tool from VW, but you dont need to buy an expensive tool like that, just find a nut the same size that fits and weld it to a
  bolt and unscrew away
  
  Dan
• #2 by fatmobile on 07 Dec, 2008 15:00
• Yeah, I welded the bottom half of an injector to a socket,.. there was still a plastic plug that it wouldn't remove.
  
   1 1/16"
• #3 by Smokey Eddy on 07 Dec, 2008 15:14
• i used a monkey wrench the first time. it's always just been hand tight since.
  Vice grips even..?
• #4 by fatmobile on 07 Dec, 2008 15:40
• Yeah, I was using channel locks.
• #5 by rubadubdub on 09 Dec, 2008 16:13
• if you know someone with a late 90s fiat punto the wrench to get the wheel nuts off with fits inside perfectly
• #6 by Terrin on 21 Dec, 2008 12:48
• Thanks for the replies. Eventually I went to ACE Hardware and bought a nut that fit the plug. The Nut was big enough to still stick out. I put a socket over that and took it out.