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Old November 7th 06, 03:01 PM posted to rec.aviation.owning
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Default Removing oil galley plug

: Not NeverSeize but pipedope, but I tend to agree. Another trick that
: comes to mind is a large American Beauty soldering iron applied to
: the plug, getting it hot enough to disrupt the pipe dope. (The iron
: will not melt the case so that's no worry.)

: You are better off heating the crankcase area with a heat gun and
: turning the plug with the Allen wrench. Heating the plug will just
: expand the plug into the case, whereas heating the case will expand the
: aluminum away from the plug.

Or a corollary might be to run the engine long enough to heat the case and
then apply ice or dry ice only to the plug.

-Cory

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