chevy freeze plug help (1 Viewer)

[nuclearlemon]

since we don't have a chevy section yet, i'll ask where i'm most likely to find toylet cruisers

i was knocking a freeze plug out to put in a block heater, and right when i got to the one more tap and it should turn sideways, it went in instead. how the h^$$ do i get it out. it's a deep cup style and it's not very cooperative.

also, looking for a ps pump bracket...pics are here
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?p=1303417#post1303417

thank

 

[Uncle Ben]

Ige,
It will come out but it's gonna put up a fight. Clamp a big pair of vise grips on it and use a pry bar. Just be carefull not to score the frost plug hole or it wont seal!

 

[Gumby]

You could fish it up to the hole with a flexable magnet or one of those claw things, then grab the bugger with a pair of vise grips as suggested above.

It's only worth so much hassle to get it out IMHO.

 

[nuclearlemon]

been fighting with vice grips and prybars for a while. problem is it's a deep cup plug. if it was a shallow cup, no issues. too deep to get it to turn in such a small space

 

[bandy rooster]

i had that bracket you need ... if i can find it i'll send it your way.

 

[Nagalfar]

Speaking from a former PITA same problem, we grabbed it with a pair of vise grips, took a torch with a small tip, got it hot in small areas and crumpled it up on the sides with a second set of needle nose vise grips, then we got the center hot and put a bend in it length wise, and it came right out.. didnt take to long, but be advised, be careful of your beer intake, those blue flames are hot against bare skin!

 

[nuclearlemon]

i had that bracket you need ... if i can find it i'll send it your way.

the power steering bracket?

 

[zebrabeefj40]

When I knocked those plugs into the block at the motor shop I would fish them back out with channel lock type pliers. The way the jaws curve seemed to provide the leverage needed to pry/roll the plugs out of the blocks. The plugs would collapse as they were pried out. As suggested above a little heat might help too. Heck, cut the plug in half with a torch if you have one available.

Nick

 

[nuclearlemon]

no torch, but talked to my ex, who used to build racecars and was a wrench back when the schools taught you how to wrench, not just change parts. he said the old school way of changing freeze plugs was just knock the old one in and leave it, so i did. the only thing we questioned was whether or not the block heater would short out on it, but the plug is wedged down low and the freeze plug sits high (even if the plug became dislodged from its current location, when parked, it would settle well below the heater).