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Re: I need help removing my broken water heater drain plug
Sorry I didn't post a conclusion to this. By now, I have forgotten exactly how I removed it but it seems like I grabbed what I could with pliers or vice grips and plied, pull, tore it out I think. Unfortunately, threads were boogered just enough that I couldn't get even a metal plug to run in and clean the threads, primarily because the very edge got boogered as well, thus preventing anything from starting. I believe I then minimally got a tap started, ran it in slightly, then replaced it with the metal plug, which I kept advancing as far as I could comfortably and following it again over and over with the metal plug, then finally inserting the plastic plug. Either the threads are longer on the new plugs or I don't have it fully inserted, but it feels as tight as I want to chance. I will know once I hook up next spring, at which time I believe some teflon tape will finish the job if it is leaking. I certainly hope so lol. Thanks everyone.898Views0likes0CommentsRe: I need help removing my broken water heater drain plug
trailrider wrote: Go to the hardware store and buy a "sprinkler riser removal tool." I have removed several with one of these, works perfect. https://www.homedepot.com/p/1-2-in-and-3-4-in-Plastic-Nipple-Extractor-26076/100203404 Well, that didn't work. It sure gripped but I couldn't turn it. I'm going to get my stronger neighbor to give it a go and then try something else. I wonder if it's because it's nylon and the sprinkler heads are maybe pvc?898Views0likes0CommentsRe: I need help removing my broken water heater drain plug
#1Flyboy wrote: If the remaining threads are of plastic or nylon, you could heat up a screwdriver head & melt a grove/ slot in the material. Then cool down the screwdriver head & unscrew the remainder…A picture of your problem would be helpful…. Essentially what I did with the drill. I had plenty of traction. Enough to break my file.898Views0likes0CommentsRe: I need help removing my broken water heater drain plug
DancinCampers wrote: I had one break off on my previous coach. I used a pocket knife to lift up an edge, then needle nose pliers to twist it out. Not enough to grab even if I made a piece loose like you suggest. Thanks898Views0likes0CommentsRe: I need help removing my broken water heater drain plug
trailrider wrote: Go to the hardware store and buy a "sprinkler riser removal tool." I have removed several with one of these, works perfect. https://www.homedepot.com/p/1-2-in-and-3-4-in-Plastic-Nipple-Extractor-26076/100203404 Thanks. I'll give it a shot.899Views0likes0CommentsI need help removing my broken water heater drain plug
I was removing it to winterize today and about 1/4 turn out, it broke off. I guess I tightened too tight before. I've had the same thing happen on my boat pontoon so I learned to take a drill bit and wallow out an indentation in a spot, being careful not to scarf the threads, so that my file can fit in the hole just right and have something to grab, as this never happens to leave any part of the plug where you can grab it with pliers or anything. Well, apparently, my boat plugs are not nylon because this technique wouldn't work with my nylon heater plug. I essentially could not get a groove going for an ideal catch point. I can't believe I couldn't get this to happen. Fortunately, this hole is slightly smaller than my pontoon, so my file grabbed the soft nylon when I shoved it in far enough. Boy, did it grab! I shoved inward forcefully so it wouldn't spin, but I couldn't get it to budge. Then, I but some locking pliers on the file to get leverage to rotate it. It held so strongly that I broke my file (it was a half round mf for those of y'all who remember the joke). It still didn't budge. So, I'm at a loss as to how to remove the rest of it. My best guess at this point is to stick a lighter in the hole and try to melt it away but I'm not crazy about the possibility of getting some melted plastic in the tank. Would the chances of that be minimal, since the drain is angled towards the ground a little instead of parallel? I tested burning the part of the plug that did come out with the head and it turns black and slowly melts. Any better or easier ideas? BTW, the head is 22mm which correlates to around 7/8" but I'm just seeing 1/2" plugs. Is that actually the same plug and the inner diameter is actually 1/2"? Thanks.6.4KViews0likes23CommentsRe: Home dryer help needed
Thanks everyone. To answer all of you at once, it's a Crosley and whirlpool made it. I have looked and although the instructions are presented for both gas and electric, I cannot find a nipple for gas so it must just be electric, which makes sense. It doesn't make sense that they don't include a cord, especially since they say don't use the old one but the instructions with a pic are supplied both for a 3 and a 4 prong, which my outlet is. Me and a friend have been talking and came to the same conclusions y'all have concerning airflow in and out for proper gas combustion but that's not a concern now. Thanks for coming through like y'all always do on here.308Views0likes0Comments
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