Removing Freeze Plugs / Frost Plugs

 

Frost plugs are often hard to remove and replace due to corrosion joining them to the engine block. Kevin Kelly reported great difficulty removing his -- "I beat the **** out of them but couldn't get them out (I can punch holes in them with a center punch, but can't get them out."

Ron Beckett advises the following approach based on his experience:

"I did a couple last week on my new motor to fit brass plugs instead of the steel ones at the back of the engine (on the bellhousing side)."

"As you've already beaten them up, punch a hole in them, then hit them to one side to cant them slightly. Get a very big screwdriver and put it in the hole already punched in the plug and lever them out. Us something as a fulcrum so you don't mar the block."

 

 

 

 

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