The simplest way is to take a pointed punch and a hammer, bang the punch
into the middle of the core plug, then lever the plug out of the hole with
the punch.
While on this subject, though, I must correct one comment Lew Palmer made.
The drilled passage to which he refers (on an XPAG, or T-series, block) is
behind the rear-most plug in the raised water gallery. It is not behind the
center plug. A trick we old and wrinkled restorers use on XPAG engines to
aid in their cooling is to duplicate this hole behind the front core plug in
said raised gallery. All XPEG blocks had both holes, and adding the second
one to XPAG blocks - as well as making sure the rear one is clear -
definitely helps the coolant flow.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: s4usea@fanniemae.com <s4usea@fanniemae.com>
To: mg-t@autox.team.net <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 12:58 PM
Subject: Core Plugs
>
>Lewis Palmer, in his discussion on vapor lock writes:
>
>> 8) Be sure all of the water passages in the block are clear. The one
>> that many people miss is the passage behind the middle core plug. There
is a
>> cross drilled passage in there which is often blocked and missed during a
>> rebuild.
>
>O.K. so I picked up some new core plugs, but I can't figure out how to get
>the old ones out of the block.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Scott Allen
>
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