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Originally Posted by COLVERT
When tapping a new thread into the hole use thick grease on the tap. Remove and clean it several times.
It will work and the idea is used in the trade for these kind of emergencies and in mechanical engineering too.
If you're paranoid about it then poke a piece of lint free cloth into the hole and hook it out after you have finished.
PS. You can also hold a vacuum cleaner pipe near the hole and keep sucking air and any particles of metal out as you are doing the tapping.
You guys, stop trying to make work for yourselves.---Lol.
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Good tips thanks. Once I get the plug out I am going to re tap with greese as per your tips. Also I will be flushing with new transmission fluid and will fit with a magnetic plug too.
Recommendations state tap the next size up. I assume the drain plug is the same size of the filler plug which is M18 x 1.5. Tapping kits I see jump from M18 to M20 so I guess I would have to tap to M20 as no M19?