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Old 05-12-2004, 08:42 PM
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Freeze Plugz

How can I get my freeze plug out without taking out the engine? It is the one above the starter and muffler, I took out the starter, and am having trouble getting to it, is there an easy tool to break it out with?
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Re: Freeze Plugz

if you can get a screwdriver against it, try to hit the bottom inward, so it will rotate out at the top, grab it with a pair of channel locks and pull the sucker out.
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Old 05-12-2004, 09:29 PM
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you mean bend it from the side inward?
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Old 05-12-2004, 09:50 PM
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Re: Freeze Plugz

When I worked at the engine shop I just hammered a screwdriver into the top or bottom and pryed it off.
If you bend it inward though it should come loose and be able to pop out.
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Old 05-12-2004, 09:54 PM
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multiple good ideas thanks guys
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Re: Freeze Plugz

what the hell is a freeze plug?
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Re: Freeze Plugz


see that round copper thing
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Old 05-13-2004, 06:58 PM
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From My understanding is that the plug is there so if you have too much water in your coolant in the winter and it freezes the freeze plug will pop out so you don't crack your block.
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Re: Freeze Plugz

yeah kinda sorta they are also just kinda casting holes, from making the block, they just happen to serve the second pourpose. or at least thats how they were found out the first time, then they were designed into the block as such.
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