MORE ON PIPE PLUGS
I see a lot of pipe plugs today that don’t get removed or are all butchered up from guys struggling to get them out. I use a torch to heat up the tapered pipe plugs in the block until they glow red. Then I let it cool for a minute or so before I hit it with parafin, bees wax or even a candle. The heat sucks the wax in and once it cools you can almost remove the plugs by hand. Also, many plugs that come out of the big block Chevy today are drilled for an air bleed. Most aftermarket plugs are not. I drill them with a #52 drill bit (.060”) to allow air to bleed out of those oil passages.

Lewis Andrews
Andrews Automotive
Savannah, MO
December, 2018