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Installing welch plugs

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ricko700

10-05-2007 15:26:36

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So...what is the trick to putting these bad boys in the block..I was thinking they were like the the freeze plugs on my old chevy truck..ya know concave like an upside down tophat...but these are like baby moon hubcaps..just whack em with a hammer er wut?

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Hobo,NC

10-05-2007 16:45:21

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Re: Installing welch plugs in reply to ricko700, 10-05-2007 15:26:36

Its best to tell you how to remove'em then you can figger out how much you need to hit on'em to get them to set. I have went to far quite a few times.

I use 2 hammers, lay the ball end in the center of the plug and hit the hammer with another till you reverse the dome of the plug and it gits loose. If it wants to B hard to git loose I then tap on the center with that ball end of a hammer till I can lift it out.

I install the same way with a few good strikes, it sets the plug.

I think I read Bob say he uses loctight to seal the plug, loctite makes a dang good sealer in applications like this. I always use a sealer, permatex aviation form a gasket has worked rite well for me but may start using loctite cuzz it has also werks were theirs not much surface to seal to. I have had to eat a few when I used silicon so stay away from it here.

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Dunk

10-05-2007 17:31:04

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Re: Installing welch plugs in reply to Hobo,NC, 10-05-2007 16:45:21

Hobo, ever tried a self drilling and tapping screw (Like the tin on metal buildings is heald on with), and a claw hammer, or a crow bar?

Just curious.

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Hobo,NC

10-05-2007 18:52:21

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Re: Installing welch plugs in reply to Dunk, 10-05-2007 17:31:04

Roofers don't make as much money as a blacksmith. I like playing blacksmith with my magic hammers. When the plug is rusted out that's when it gits interesting.

Werks simple as it sounds

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Dunk

10-05-2007 18:59:41

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Re: Installing welch plugs in reply to Hobo,NC, 10-05-2007 18:52:21

I'll pull you up a pic of my forge when I git sober, well ifn I remember it..

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Jack - Illinois

10-05-2007 15:37:41

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Re: Installing welch plugs in reply to ricko700, 10-05-2007 15:26:36

My theory is do not cave the top in so far it is lower than any other portion of the plug. I find something flat on the end like a short piece of round stock about 1/2 to 3/4 this diameter of the plug. Hold it straight and whack it with a hammer. I am sure many more will post with their method of installing. Make sure the hole in the block is clean so you get a good seal.

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