Capxxiv

Hopefully I'm in the right place. Yesterday I replaced my transmission filter. I made the horrible mistake of having my buddy put the pan back on while I took a smoke break. He's crossthreaded half the bolts, and now the tranny leaks frim around the pan. Any quick fixes? Or am I better off making him drill out, retap, and replace all 19 bolts? (Scared he might f*** that up too...)

Also it only seems to leak when parked with the engine off.

Update: been reading reviews on Lucas Transmission Fix and thinking about tossing a bottle of that in for s***s and giggles. Does anyone have any personal experience with this stuff?

Yet another update: to day I threw in a bottle of Lucas tranny fix to keep my tranny from bleeding out entirely. I'll continue to check in on this thread from time to time for a more permanent fix.

madmanmarty

Don't let your buddy touch anything.

Capxxiv

Should have sent him home after I sent him out for an oil filter and he came back with a fuel filter...

EZEARL

First thing I'd try is chasing the threads with a tap.

XJlimitedx99

This, although I'm not sure I would use a tap. Sometimes taps are too aggressive and they'll just make they're own path. If you could get a threadchaser that would do the trick.

I cross threaded a bolt the other day and i fixed it by basically forcing the bolt to go through straight. I pretty much used the bolt as a thread chaser. It took effort and force but worked, I definitely wouldn't want to do it 19 times.

Tell your friend we're all ashamed of him and he's not allowed to jeep anymore.

Fred/N0AZZ

This works fine if you use the small tap handles about 4" long total with the tap in the middle using just your fingers and oil. I have done 100's of these over the last 50 yrs this way as a first step to see if it will work before more drastic measures.