frost plug removal

[common 27]

 What is the easiest way to remove frost plugs to replace with new ones?

[72hemi]

Do you mean freeze plugs? If so I usually use a hammer and punch (sometimes a chizel) and tp on one edge to rotate it and then I use water pump pliers to remove it from the block.

[common 27]

Yeah I was looking on the internet for some tips on removal and some called them frost plugs and some freeze plugs,I'll go try the hammer punch .Thanks

[nivvy]

Here is what i do.... use a dremel with a cutoff wheel and the long wand extension... the small cutoff wheels and cut right through the plug and take it to the edge... be careful not to cut into the block and use a flat screwdriver to ge it out........ it comes out real eassy that way 

[bb71challenger]

72hemi posted the best way imo. The only way I have ever done it is with a punch/screwdriver and a hammer. Pop it on one edge and it just flips to expose the edge. Grab it with a pair of channellocks and your done. Be careful not to lose it to the inside of the block though or you will be fishing for it with a magnet  Good luck.

[nivvy]

What i dont like about punching into it is shoving the plug inside the block.... to each his own though 

[bb71challenger]

What i dont like about punching into it is shoving the plug inside the block.... to each his own though 

Yeah that is definitely a possibility. I am sure there are a few freeze plugs sitting inside engines all over the U.S. where people just left them in there. Wonder what that does to the cooling potential of an engine?

[common 27]

  well they're out. turned them sideways and pulled out with visegrips.I thought 1 might pop in but I was able to get it out.Now I know why 2 were rusted thru abunch of crud sitting on the bottom next to them.I stuck a hose in the holes and most came out. I'm going to go finish but had to come in and cool down.feels like its in the 90's thanks for the help