1955 Transmission Pan Removal

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Good Day,

This afternoon the replacement transmission oil pan finally arrived. I ordered it because, from what I can see, it is deformed and causing a horrendous fluid leak. If it turns out to just be the gasket then watch Ebay for a used pan (they are scarce as hen's teeth btw). So I crawl under the car with my adjustable wrench to loosen the drain tube and nothing, nada. I'm no lightweight, but two hands until I'm red in the face and it won't budge. The one Youtube spun off so simply so I assume that is the way to do this, right? I appears to be in straight, but maybe it's cross threaded? Granted, mine has been painted but certainly paint alone could not make this an immovable object? My neanderthal brain suggests using a pipe over my wrench handle to increase leverage, but I am concerned any more force could seriously damage something. Has anyone encountered on presenting this degree of difficulty? Thanks!

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Turns out my concerns about oil pan damage may have been warranted. I did, by slipping an 18" pipe over the handler of my adjustable wrench, manage to break the dipstick tube loose. Inspecting the pan I see that it is damaged exactly at that spot which is what was causing the leak. My decision early on to acquire a new pan proved to be fortuitous. The damage may have bee caused by cross threading, or maybe over tightening. A repair was attempted with JB Weld of similar. It worked for awhile because there was no leak when I took delivery of the car. I bought a "show car", turn it upside down and you could eat off it. But all that fresh paint can hide a lot of defects.