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Re: Trans Plug

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Subject: Re: Trans Plug
From: hobrien@webos1.com (Will O'Brien)
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 01:47:02 -0600
Joe,
        Heat is the mechanics back up.  See, with the heat, the parts
expand yes...  But this expansion is enough to make the bonds formed by
corrosion break.  The heat required to make the part sieze up is much
greater than that applied with a torch in a small space of time.

>Will,
>I can't fathom how heat will do more than make the thing seize tighter.
>Heat expands.  Now if you heat the case, maybe that would work.  Maybe
>if you try "Dry Ice" and contract the plug, it would free it.  ---Just a
>thought---
>
>Joe Curry
>
>Will O'Brien wrote:
>
>> It's simple.
>> HEAT.
>> Use a torch on the thing, heat it up.
>> Then use your vice grips, etc.
>> If that doesn't work...
>> More HEAT.
>> It will work.
>>
>> Will


Will

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