[Vwdiesel] freeze plug stuck - installing block heater - tips?

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

  Generally a 2' long angled pry bar does the trick.  One that 
has about an inch or so, a bend then the shaft.  Too big a hole 
and it'll slip out.  You want the bend to sit against the block and 
the tip to be within the hole.  Pry, sometimes pretty hard.  It should 
lever sideways.  Then a pair of channel locks does the rest.  Grab 
the edge of the plug with them and use the curved edge of the 
jaw against the block to lever/roll the plug the rest of the way out.
  Sometimes they pumch all the way in.  A little more challenging 
to get out.  Doesn't sound like you have that problem though.
     Loren


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