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Sabluka
Explorer
May 21, 2015

Water Heater drain plug head broke off..Remove Advice

Atwood 6-gal drain plug head broke off. Orig that came with the MW presume. 2000 yr RV. Tryin to out how to get the threaded portion out. No water in the RV till I do. How about putting a drill ...
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wrgrs50s
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May 21, 2015
The easiest way I found was to use a soldering iron and melt a groove through the plastic in the top and the bottom of the threads, then take a pick and pick out the 2 sides.

It took me about 5 minutes and wont damage your threads in the tank.

I tried an ease out and several other methods to no avail.

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