[Healeys] Core plug extraction

[Michael]

Not sure if a satisfactory solution has been found but I have found that the easiest way is to drill a hole in the middle then thread a long hardened lag screw through that hole.
The end of the screw will eventually hit something and then the core plug will pop out of its seat.
Michael S
BN1 #174

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From: "Simon Lachlan" <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk>
Sent: ‎12/‎11/‎2015 10:16 a.m.
To: "'healeys'" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Healeys] Core plug extraction

I noted the other day what a ghastly job that is. Always possible and nearly always bl**dy awkward.
I’ve seen clips of guys – always with the engine in pieces on the bench – who just bang one lip inwards until the plug swivels in the hole. Then they just grab it with a mole(?!) wrench or similar and hoik it out. So easy.
I love my car dearly but I always expect the most cussed things of it and I’m seldom disappointed. Surely if I were to bang in those that I could reach, they’d just vanish inside, never to be seen again???
Simon
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