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Old 12-24-2016, 07:53 PM
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I was using an extension on the deep socket I was using, and whenever I turned the plug back and forth I would also use a slight pulling up on the extension while turning. Its a little bit of a juggling act with one hand holding the socket on the end of the extension and the other hand keeping the top end connected to the wrench.

Those two plugs were so carbon bound that they would squeak when being moved in either direction.
Okay thanks! It definitely is a juggling act dealing with these stuck plugs. Most of mine have been squeaking and/or crack-crack-cracking in protest as they were turned. Strangely though, I had two plugs that weren't bound up at all. They just unscrewed with very little effort and I was able to then remove them with my fingers. So it seems it is possible for these plugs to seal correctly, it's just that most of the time they don't. I wish I understood how to correct that.
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