I feel your pain. I had to go out and buy a 24" breaker bar and a 6 point 24mm socket to pull the fill and drain plugs on my Rodeo. Seriously consider finding a 6 point 24mm socket, because I had my Rodeo on jackstands ready to go but I only had a 12 point socket and I started to get a bad feeling about rounding off the bolt so I stopped to go get a 6 point. That is definitely one of those bolts that you do not want to damage.

Oh and someone on here mentioned that it was messy to drain the transmission. Just make sure to take the skid plate off before doing the transmission and there should be very little mess. Yes you can change the transmission oil without pulling the skid, but pulling the skid plate is easier than sweeping up oil-dry in my opinion.

Oh and by the way, I think the spec'd torque for those bolts is somewhere around 25 or 30 foot pounds.