freeze plug removal

[brendonv]

I am finally getting around to putting the block heater in the chipper.

Whats the best way to get the freeze plug out? I was going to drill a hole in the middle and insert a screw, then be creative.

Any better ideas?

I don't have a slide hammer.

 

[brendonv]

Assuming there is no lip, can I just tap the corner with a punch, turning it perpendicular in the hole then pull it out with plyers?

 

[lumberjack]

I'd give the dealer a heads up so he doesn't try to come back and get you if you have a warranty claim.

Yeah, knock it in and grab it with pliers.

 

[Al Smith]

--or drill a hole in it and use a slide hammer .

 

[NeTree]

I don't have a slide hammer.

Nothing gets by you, Al!

 

[Al Smith]

Missed that one ,as usual .I suppose I could do a tutorial on making a slide hammer though .

 

[sotc]

tap on one side and rip it out, carefully though so as not to lose it in the block

 

[Al Smith]

You can thump them sideways with a hammer and jerk them out with your trusty "water pump pliers " Usually the damned things on a vehicle engine are hiding behind the starter or something and you can't get to them .Much weeping and gnashing of teeth plus a few cuss words always helps .

 

[brendonv]

I'd give the dealer a heads up so he doesn't try to come back and get you if you have a warranty claim.

Yeah, knock it in and grab it with pliers.

JD sent it to me, they "forgot" to put it on.

 

[NeTree]

Yeah, yeah, that's it!

 

[Jonseredbred]

Just make sure you got hold of the frost plug as soon as you get it turned and dont let go until you got it out.

 

[brendonv]

Thanks, I gotta get this done this week.

 

[hornett22]

i agree.i use a punch or 3/8 extension and hammer.i was down there thursday,i could have helped you then.

 

[Cobleskill]

You could prick punch a hole in the opposite side you are going to pound in and thread a sheet metal screw in for a handle.

 

[NeTree]

It's not done yet?

 

[Newfie]

He's still sitting there looking at it.

 

[Al Smith]

I go for years and never had to change a Welch plug on anything .Then low and behold two of them on the damned Caddy that is now in my front yard with a for sale sign on it .

Dumb azzes at the auto parts store gave me ones that didn't fit but the ones I had on hand for a 3 liter Ford V6 did .Go figure . Of course as luck would have it ,one plug was behind the dip stick tube of which of course I bent .Now in addition to new plugs it has a new tube .:what:

 

[brendonv]

He's still sitting there looking at it.

Pretty much, I don't like working on shit when it's wet out.

 

[sotc]

i was gonna tell you not to bend that al

 

[Al Smith]

i was gonna tell you not to bend that al

Too late ,it done happened a couple years back .Missplaced blow of a ballpeen hammer did the deed .Chit happens .

 

[sotc]

well let me tell you for next time

 

[Al Smith]

Well ,let me see,twenty years between pounding out plugs ,there might not be a next time . On the other hand as much old junk as I fiddle with ,you never know . I'll use the air chisel on the next one if that happens .