The others' answers are basically correct, but IIRC there is a slight taper to
the pipe and the socket, so they stick very well. Especially after a few years
in place. Try having someone lifting [hard] in the valve while you give the
outside of the pipe that forms the socket a whack simultaneously on two
opposite sides with soft hammers or maybe wood blocks. The idea is to deform
(elastically) the socket enough that the two sides perpendicular to the whacks
releases. Dont hit the pipe hard enough to deform it. Little whacks should be
enough.
And keep it wet with the PB. It might help to try rotating the thing too;
that's how I always pulled mine out.
HTH,
Donald.
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From: JHMDDS@aol.com
> Can anyone tell me how to get the emissions..?, evaporative..?, flat
> pancake-shaped thing off the top of the intake manifold from a Spitfire
>MKIII?
> I've
> tried to unscrew it, used PB Blaster on in and it still won't budge.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
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