How bad did i screw up???
Yesterday i was winterizing the Hybrid, everything was going good. Then it happened, i made a major blunder, :S as i was gently unscrewing the drain plug which i do every fall, it broke off completely...
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dspencer wrote:v10superduty wrote:
Has happened to me twice now over the years.
I think what you have now is like a piece of plastic "pipe" in the threads of the water heater drain..? No top to grab?
All I did both times was warm it up good with a propane torch till the plastic is gooey and grab a piece with a needle nose pliers and take it out, usually in 2 or 3 pieces.
No thread damage, no muss, no fuss
I hadn't thought of that ideal, that sounds like it might work pretty easy.
It does..
I know...:B
I always keep a spare plug now cause I think the repeated heat/cool cycle of the heater breaks them down over about 4 years to where they weaken and break off..
Both times for me was end of season when putting er away so no big deal.
