[s-cars] Help!! Evil drain plug will NOT come out
Noah
noahgodwin at earthlink.net
Sun Jan 16 12:56:17 EST 2005
Two words:
Air Chisel.
With all the soaking you've done already, I'd guess that the air chisel
would make short work of it. If you have air, and you don't have an air
chisel, you can get one for less than $20 at wal-mart.
You would apply the chisel tip to the shoulder/built in washer on the bolt
head. I did most of the stuff that you said that you did, and once I finally
decided to stop beating my head on it, I took it to my mechanic friend and
he had it off in 3 seconds with the good old air chisel.
Another thing you can try that was good for me on another occasion is the
pipe wrench. A pipe wrench has a lot of leverage, and just bites in harder
when you start hitting it with a hammer. Since I had this happen to me the
first time I've always kept both a shorty pipe wrench and a 12" 5lb hammer
in my tool bag. I'm not a big guy, but put a 5lb hammer in my hand....
Hth,
-Noah
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