<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>I took a different route when I decided to remove mine. I was afraid to punch a hole in it and then not be able to get it out (engine was installed), so I glued chunk of threaded rod (cut from a bolt) into the plug with JBWeld. I section of thread was drilled and tapped to accept a smaller bolt as a puller. First attempt pulled the epoxy plug out, but the second try worked a treat. I think the first attempt helped to remove any contamination that was there.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Darrell</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="8E960B8D-3A0F-442F-890B-E814E3C54C81" src="cid:6FBDBA66-6550-4BF3-95E0-057855FDF94D@Home" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 24, 2020, at 2:50 PM, Geo Hahn <<a href="mailto:ahwahneetr@gmail.com" class="">ahwahneetr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Bill -<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not very difficult to remove as they are basically stamped sheet metal. A 3/8" hole may be overkill - I just Dremeled a bit to weaken a spot in the center, then hammered a stubby flat-blade screwdriver into it. That let me twist and pry the plug out.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not much working room down there but I didn't want to get metal bits into the crankcase.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In case you're thinking about getting at it from the inside -- no access there as the plug goes into a blind area.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Geo</div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 2:34 PM Bill Brewer <<a href="mailto:billbrewer59@yahoo.com" class="">billbrewer59@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" class=""><div class="gmail-m_5244988196644891719WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"> I have a TR4 breather plug in my TR3 engine installed in my car. I want to take it out and go back to the original TR3 breather. How hard is it to get the TR4 breather plug out? I am thinking about drilling a 3/8” hole and trying to pull it out with a little homemade puller. I am wondering how hard they are jammed in.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> TIA,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> Bill in Morro Bay (formally Bill in Tehachapi)<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div></div>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br class="">
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