Baller Spuddy Posted October 3, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 3, 2016 Anyone ever get an oil extractor tube stuck in the tranny? Any idea how to safely get it out? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Waternut Posted October 3, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 3, 2016 Probably just caught on an edge. Maybe put a screwdriver down in there so you can pull it down and sideways rather than up. Might be enough to get it past whatever it's hanging on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Spuddy Posted October 3, 2016 Author Baller Share Posted October 3, 2016 Ok will see what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted October 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 Push and twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Spuddy Posted October 4, 2016 Author Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller oldjeep Posted October 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 Looks like you are almost at the point of no return. How brittle is that tube? Once you snap it off, the last chance option before you get to pull the transmission apart is a wood/drywall screw just big enough to dig into the inside sides of the tube and then try pulling it out with a pliers. Might even be worth trying to introduce some heat with a heat gun to make the tube more pliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Gloersen Posted October 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 might be worth a try to gently rotate the flange just a tad one way or the other while lightly applying traction to the extractor tube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted October 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 Yikes thats a mess. Optical or are you off on an angle through the casting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Spuddy Posted October 4, 2016 Author Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 @BraceMaker no that's just the reflection of the flash it's not through the casting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted October 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 Get a longnose plier (needle nose) in there to squeeze the tube to the opening shape then extract a little at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted October 4, 2016 Baller_ Share Posted October 4, 2016 Looks like you missed the hole!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Spuddy Posted October 4, 2016 Author Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 @Jody_Seal I was waiting for someone to make a "missed the hole" joke! Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Monkstr6100 Posted October 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 use a pair of those surgical pliers. Like the clamping ones that most fishermen would have in a tackle box. may be able to get a grip farther down on it. And if it end up being just a tiny bit of soft plastic tube left in there, I may take my chances just letting the velvet drive eat it. But that's just me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Shell Posted October 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 Hemostat......@monkstr6100.....term for surgical pliers :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted October 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 Might also be able to cut it off a few inches outside of the trans and shove something down the tube like a clothes hanger to get the end straightened out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller eleeski Posted October 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 So why were you sticking a tube in your transmission anyhow? The environmentalists will say that oil change intervals are too frequent. Seeing your risks with changing fliud, they might be right. I did have a transmission cooler fail and fill the transmission with water. Had to flush the water out with a couple fluid replacements - hopefully a few years until the next flush. My fluid never seems to get too dirty. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Wayne Posted October 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted October 4, 2016 What @BraceMaker said except looking at the tube you may need to make the tube bend. Use a metal coat hanger, bend it to a curve and shove it inside the plastic tube. You will have to, um, insert....the plastic tube a little, um, deeper......since it probably caught a sharp edge of something in the transmission and is slowly cutting itself the more you pull on it. My father did the same thing on his boat a number of years ago except it was on the engine. He ended up with a 4" piece of tube in the oil pan. He left it there and never had an issue. After the second season it was down there I forgot that happened until this thread. That was 14 years ago now and it's still in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PT Mike Posted October 5, 2016 Members Share Posted October 5, 2016 After you get the tube out get a rag on that bilge!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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