98 Accord ex 4 cyl transmission fill bolt ?

[harleyd]

Hey I was wondering if any of you have ran into an issue like this that has occurred to me. I was going to drain and fill the transmission fluid in my 98 honda accord ex 5 speed, and I was going to undo the fill bolt which if I'm correct specifically calls for a 17mm wrench. I just bought the's new ratcheting wrenches by gear wrench and when I went to use the ratcheting side of the wrench it didn't want to fit over the bolt as if it was too small by a very small amount? Am I using the wrong size or what?

 

[Nurb]

Are you sure you are looking at the right bolt? (A is fill, D is drain). The fill bolt should be 17mm, I believe a 3/8 extension fits in the drain plug.

 

[harleyd]

Now that I took pictures and see the diagram I don't think I had the right bolt at all lol. I think all this cold weather up here is getting to me.

 

[kn0x47]

if you look at the picture nurb posted, then you'll see you don't use a socket to get the drain bolt out. you just stick your 3/8th drive socket into it

 

[harleyd]

It wasnt the drain bolt that Im having issues with it's the fill bolt.

 

[harleyd]

Here's another picture of the lower bolt and the drain bolt for reference.

 

[Nurb]

In the second picture the bolt with the square center is the drain plug. In the first picture, that is fill bolt (the bigger one).

 

[kn0x47]

it should be a 17mm. use a non ratcheting wrench and hit it with a hammer. it'll probably be on there too tight

 

[Nurb]

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I think the oil drain plug is 17mm as well if you want to make sure the gear wrench is not made incorrectly. I heard their quality control went down, but hopefully not that bad.

 

[harleyd]

Okay thanks for the help, I'll give it a try once it warms up a bit, was -10 degrees outside when I took the picture lol.