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Water Pump Plug Help Please

I will remember this trick for torsion bars.... the heat would draw in the wax like a candle wick....
 
Got mine out by removing paint with a screwdriver and spraying it with WD40. Used an impact extension and a breaker bar. Had to work it back and forth a little but it came out without doing any damage.
 
I know this has been mentioned in other posts. My machine shop showed me a trick I just couldn't believe. He showed me a plug that was rusted in a block. He heated up the plug with a torch than when it was really hot he put block of bees wax over the plug then it screwed right out. Apparently the wax goes goes down in between the threads. I couldn't believe it. It is amazing.


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Absolutely unbelievable!!!! You Rock!

So I had tried soaking this for days, tried removing with hard, steady pressure on it. I had broken a 1/2 to 3/8 socket in the plug with an air gun. It was absolutely STUCK and not budging.

So after that all failed, the next one was to start with some heat. The lowest heat was the wax method. (If that had not worked I would have gone to oxy-acetylene and probably ruined it!). I heated UNDER the plug on the housing. I never put heat directly on the plug, as I wanted the heat to come from below and up through the threads and fitting. I held the end of a candle there until it melted. I made sure I drew it all around the fitting and got 100% coverage. IT WORKED!!! A firm pull on the breaker bar and it came loose.

I am a believer and will absolutely add this to my bag of tricks. It may not work 100% of the time, but it certainly worked this time for me!

This forum ROCKS! (Can you tell I am happy this came out?!?!?!)

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I've never tried that, before.... interesting...

Seeing how the plug is made out of steel, I would have placed a 5/8"-11UNC hex nut flat on top of the plug. Next step would be to fire up the mig welder and weld the nut to the plug through the hole in the nut. Step three would have been to remove the welded assembly with a 1/2" drive impact wrench.

This combination hasn't failed me yet. :)


Ron
 
Wax huh, I will remember that one.
Glad you got it out Hawk and thanks to ga66mopar for sharing that.
 
I've never tried that, before.... interesting...

Seeing how the plug is made out of steel, I would have placed a 5/8"-11UNC hex nut flat on top of the plug. Next step would be to fire up the mig welder and weld the nut to the plug through the hole in the nut. Step three would have been to remove the welded assembly with a 1/2" drive impact wrench.

This combination hasn't failed me yet. :)


Ron

Hey Ron,

I'm not saying that wouldn't work, but the "bar" in my picture above is a broken easy out that perfectly fit in the square hole. I even had to tap it down a little bit with a hammer. It never broke, and the plug didn't budge. I broke a 1/2 to 3/8 adapter though because my square drive that fit the end of the easy out was a 3/8 drive socket. Nothing budged the plug but the wax job.

As I said, I am believer. This probably won't work 100% of the cases (does anything?), but I am absolutely convinced this worked in this case where other stuff did not. Plus, I now have a housing AND plug that are reusable...
 
This goes into the 'amaze your racing friends' bag of tricks; thanks for the tip guys! (The wax must be heavy enough to not vaporize off with the heat like a penetrating oil would.)
 
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